The evening world., 1913-02-04
TRAPPED BY FIRE,
POL|CEMENRESCUE
GIRL OVER ICY SILL
Garry Maid to Safety on
Narrow Window ledge After
Mistress Is Saved.


out Mrs. Barbara Bloch from her blaz-
ing home on the second floor Of No. 90
Prospect avenue. the Bronx. early to-
day, Patrolme woolf and Mccormick
esssyed to follow with Hannah Corn
blstt, the Bloch maid. On the stairs
drove them back.
Covering the unconscious girl with
their ovsrcoats and their own heads
with their tunics. the two policemen
tried three times to force their way
down with their burden. only at each
attempt to md the IRE advancing on
them and that . dash for life was I'M
possible with the girl in their arms.
The flames had seized the whole a
the lower section Of tho stairs. and the
plucky rescuers found themselves en-
trapped in the burning building.
They carried the girl back into the
apartment and managed to reach q rear
window. Mccormick got out on the sill
and climbed along to the ledge Of .
window Of an adjoining house woolf
Lfted the girl out OF the window - tho
flames from below we're leaping up at
slippery sill. from which he had had to
and took her from the arIns Of his COM
rade.
FIRE CAPTAIN PLUNoEs THIRTY
FEET THROUGH WINDOW.
When they carried her out through
the house they had entered. Mrs. Bloch.
who had just been revived. embraced
them and sobbed, "1t was to try to
save her that went back myself"
Meanwhile Capt. Alexander w. Mel
win Of Engine Company 81, who had
entered the house with q ladder in
| search Of the girl. lost his bearings In
the dense smoke on the second floor
and plunged through window to an
area thirty feet below. His sroans were
the area several minutes.
Melvin was taken to the Lebanon
| Hospital In Battalion Chief Grey's
buggy. The doctors found he had es-
capped without breaking any bones.
but was severely bruised and shaken
and they feared internal injuries.
The IRE. which started In . delicat.
essen store on the ground door. was
discovered about $50 by . passsrby
whose shouts brought Conway. Wool
and Mccormick.
| All the occupants were asleep. but by
thro wing stones through the second
floor windows the policemen managct
to wake Samuel Bloch. They then fount
a plank, and with It battered In tn,
front door. and the tenants, some Of
| whorn Wera alrsadv affeot al nv amok q
| began to pour out
POLICEMEN ARE TRAPPED IN
BURNING HOUSE.
| Despite the confusion It was noticed
that Mrs Bloch. sixty yeav Of age
| who had been one Of the first out oil
tho house. was missing. and also Han
nah Cornblatt. who had not been seen
The three policemen At once ran int
the burning house to find the girl. Con
way found Mrs. Bloch overcome In Z
doorway.
Woolf and Mccormick found Hannah
q girl Of twsnty-two years. overcome II
her bed.
Conway had barely passed out Of tn,
house with the unconscious woman
that the fire eat its way from the deli
catessen store through the partition ant
seized the stairs. cutting on the rstrea
OF the other policemen.
The nremen restricted the blass to tn,
store and the hallway. but the stor,
was completely destroyed and the dam
age was estimated At $1,000. HANNAH
Cornblatt was revived on the sidewalks
by means of artificial respiration