Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-16
THREE PERISH AND /
SEVEN ARE HURT |
IN NEW YORK FIRE
Mother HurIs Baby from Wins
dow, Then Jumps-PoliCe-
man Catches Child.
FIREMAN, HOME FOR DAY,
MOTHER AND SISTER DIE
comrade, Trying to Reach
Trapped Fireman and Kin,
Fatally injured.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia CITY fire.
man. his mother and sister were
burned to death early today in a fire.
which practically destroyed five
story apartment house in which they
lived at 366 Amsterdam avenue
1t was one of the most spectacular
apartment house fires in this city re-
Gently, seven persons being seriously
injured by flames or by jumping from
windows
The fifty occupants found all exits
cut off when the flames shot up from
the basement The firemen effected
many thrilling rescues, but Thomas
j. McManus, one of their number, who
was on twenty-four hours leave from
the station-hous in the vicinity, was
! trapped In his apartment with his
mother, Mrs. Mary McManus, and his
sister Mary.
One of his mates. Michael O'Sul-
livan, was probably fatally injured by
falling from ladder while trying to
make his way to McManus's apart
ment. All three members of the fam
lily were dead when the firemen final
ly reached them.
One of the women who jumped from
a window ledge when the flames began
| to spread in the third floor is dying
In the Polytechnic Hospital. Father
Mclean, chaplain of the fire depart
ment. gave the last rites of the church
to more than a dozen of the injured
The most seriously injured are: Mrs.
Martin Maurer hip broken, possible
fracture of the skull and internal in
1urfes, in Polytechnic Hospital; jumped
| from third floor window Joseph
Maurer, her fourteen month old son.
hip fractured and internal injuries;
thrown to street and caught by po-
liceman, who was knocked down by
child's weight; in Polytechnic Hospital.
Mrs. James Broderick, 364 Amsterdam
avenue, overcome by smoke; in crit
ical condition in Polytechnic Hospital.
| Michael Sullivan, a fireman of Engine
| Company No. 40, two ribs fractured
! and internal injuries received by fall
ing from fire escape while trying to
stop a woman from jumping; if Poly
clinic Hospital. Donald G. McCune,
Truck No 35 cut about hands and
arms by glass; attended and sent back
to quarters.
; How the fire startedds not known.
IT, was--diseovered hK Alfred Luckow,
who lives on the second floor and who
has a bakery and lunch room on the
4 ground floor. Luckow lives with his
wife over his store, and as soon as he
Smelleu smoke ne ran 10 Ine uumD-
waiter to investigate. A sheet OF flame
shot into the room. He managed to
close the door and then gave the
alarm.
The property loss is estimated at
| $500
Burrowing into the debris OF the
| burned structure is being hurried, as
| the officials are confident that a num-
| Der of other bodies remain buried
there. The inability of those who
conducted the house to accurately
estimate the number of dodgers elimi-
mates the possibility of compiling any
list of missing.
Heroic rescues during the progress
| of the fire became a common sight.
| firemen, policemen and officials of the
| Salvation Army carrying limp and
apparently lifeless forms down the
fire escapes and ladders to waiting
ambulances. Praise is being heard on
all sides for the work Of the Salvation
Army men, as they assisted the fire.
men immeasureably in guiding them
| through the smoke-filled and intricate
passages of the burning building.
The origin of the fire Is not known,
| but suspicious actions on the part OF
Meyer led the police to question him.
He apparently was unable to give q
clear account of his actions and a
charge of incendiarism was placed
against him.
An investigation by the building in-
spector has been started.