The evening world., 1914-02-06
4OLWES|NPER|L
IN WEST SIDE FIRE;
SUSPECT F|REBUGS
Flames Sweep Oil-Soaked
Stairs of Big West Side
Apartment.
WEALTHY BUFF" HURT
Policemen and Firemen Share
in Daring Work of Life
Saving.
WEALTHY BUFF" HURT

Fire. believed to have been started
by an incendiary. swept with such
rapidly through the hve-story apart
ment house No. 100 West Seventy
nrst street carly to-day that not one
Of the thirty-ave or forty tenants was
able TO escape by the stairs.
Many thrilling rescues By police
and nremen were witnessed By resi-
dents Of the Hargravs Hotel. II 0sv.
enty-sscond street: Of the Walton
Hotel. at Seventeen street and CO.
lumbus avenue; the Tuxedo and other
big apartment houses In the neigh
borhood, a. well ~ BY scores Of hand
somely dressed men and women on
their way homo In motors from thea
tres and restaurants. No lives wsre
lost and only one person was injured
Robert II. Mainssr. The wealthy
bgoker. known - ''ths millionaire
Ore buzz" Wa out on the hoe and
hands By giAss. but not seriously
enough - require medical attsnd.
anc& He and Col. N. b. Thvrston,
former Deputy Police Commiseieues.
were among the nrst ON the soens
aftsf the discovery sf ths blasA
shortly before / 4 u. Col Thurs.
ton lives st The Walton and NJ.
Aainsse In ths Mario Antoinstts.
The nrs started ON the top Aoer.
Policeman Book Of the West sixty.
eighth sersse station heard . woman
screaming - ~ passsd ~ housA
WhioA 10 at The corner q Columem
svsnuA He called Policeman Nooney,
afese sanding n IN alarm, and ~
two started into the building about
the time Col Thurston and Mr.. Nain.
ssr ran up
"MlLLioNAIRE BUFF" CUT ~
BROKEN oLAoe.
Policeman Block. smaller Of the
two. was uftsd up 70 . are-ssoaos.
aoosss TO the uppsr hailways hsins
impossible because Of the smoke and
heat Mr.. Aainssr and Col Thurs.
ton went into the lower hallway and
also began rousing the slssping Ten.
snts. Tbs stairways were soon
abiAss and . sudan shower Of hot
glass. In which Mr.. Mainsas was hurt
out Oh the escape behind them. On
The, second floor they helped two
families out Of windows and Fireman
Kelly ana Other nrsmen carried then
to the street By ladder.
one Of the most spectacular re-.
cues was made. by Policeman Mooney.
He was told . cripple living on the
fourth door had not been taken out
H found Mrs. Louise Williams. help.
isss and partly overcome hy smoke
Holding hsr In one arm. hs swung
htmsslf down the ladder iron, the
fourth door.
Tue men OF Truck No. y threw
ladders up 70 the second. third and
fourth story Window. The nrs-ssoaps
platforms were crowded With women
and children in night clothes, few
having even blanket to protest them
from the cold. and many Of the win.
dows we're Allsd With blAnohaA fAoas.
Three women and several children.
eight or nine In Ill. ran q the root
whsa they discovered they could not
sst down b. the stairs. The Ore
burst through the root . few min.
utas latar. and they had to Jump to
the roof Of the adjoining building.
twelve fest below. None was injured.
Deputy Chief Burns sent IN o SEQ
ond alarm. and when Chisf Ksnlon
arrived hs found men, woman and
childrsN being p,ueksd from windows
and ars-ssoapss by hts men end the
police.
Nrs. Elsaaee Tichsoor. sixty ysass
old and an invalid. was carried down
. ladder from The third door and
turned ovss 70 Sslsaboys.
Mad TO JUMP ron LIFE FROM
RooP,
Henry JsttSr and his family vers
late In getting out Of their apart.
msnt on the nfth Door. Ths damsa
had cut them Oh from i,rs-ssoape1
and stairs. 20 they ran to the root
While they were calling down 70 thu
street for aid the flames burst
through the root.
The men lsapsd first TO the aAjoin.
inS roof ana held their asms out :,
break the tau Of the women an<
children who followed
John WilliamA bis wifs ANA tArs'
dsughtsrs. ~. eleven ana eourtssu
we're carried down ladders from III
Ssurth floor. - were J. l. TWIN en-
| ~ family. =. ~. Miller ~ aamlll
I'd 0sorUe brandt end nanll1y.
| Esens thir1 nesR wiAAsvs vse'
- q nnno :. Cos1lG. ~ 1890