The evening world., 1914-05-06
POLICE RESCUE
WOMEN AND SIX :
CHILDREN At FIRE
Williamson, Just Out Of Hos.
pital, Saves Five and Is
Laid Up Again.
WAS OFF DUTY, TOO.
rf'
Another Policeman Carries
.a~ Three Down Ladder at
1 Borough Park Blaze.
WAS OFF DUTY, TOO.

1.-TWO women and six children were
soscued by policemen at a IRE In the
three-story frame building. No. 1893
Thirty-ninth street. Borough Park,
Brooklyn, early to-day. Tho blaze did
1900 damage and the only injury was
70 . policeman who had q finger badly
torn.
The building IL one of q row and the
ground floor has been converted into
Oeore for Sam Divorkowitz. a grocer.
4 one-story extension was put on the
Thirty-ninth street side to bring the
building out to the stoop line, and this
forms the front OF the grocery.
Divorkowitz lives with his family
on the second floor. and Joseph Lew
enthal and his family on the third.
The fire started In the grocery and
had filled the house with smoke and
burst from the windows before any
one saw IL. Cries of "Fire!" aroused
Divorkowitz, who called to his wife
and children to hurry to the roof Of
the extension. which could be reached
from one Of the windows. He got
the two boys out that way and car
ried them to the street.
MOTHER AND GIRLS CARRIED
DOWN LADDER.
His wife. Sarah. forty-hve years
old, and Gussie. sixteen. and Lillian.
eight. who were in another room.
found they could not get through
their apartment to the roof on ac-
count of the smoke. Policeman
Charles S. Matthews OF the Park
VILE station was two blocks away
when he saw the glare and heard
Mrs. Divorkowitz scream. When 40
reached the house she was poised In
n window on the Thirteenth avenue
side with Lillian in her arms.
Matthews remembered some paint
ers had been working on n house q
few doors away. and found a ladder
there. He put it up to the window
and while a citizen held 1t went up
and brought down the girls. and then
the mother.
At the same time thrilling rcscues
tension side Of the building. Police
man Joseph A. Williamson Of the
Oak street station. Manhattan. was
on his way home when he saw the
IRE and ran to give whatever sssist =
ance he could.
Leventhal and his family were en-
tirely cut off from the stairs In tie
third-story fiat when Williamson ar
rived and spied them In windows
The policeman went into the build
ing next door. and by climbing on,
Of Q window and making a flying lea I
managed TO reach the roof OF the ex.
tension, several feet below the Lev.
enthal windows. He shouted up &c
the father to drop the children, one
at a time.
CAUGHT FIVE OF THEM, ONLY
HIMSELF HURT.
This Leventhal did. First he held
three year old Minnie for a moment
and then let her go. The policeman
caught her and carried her out OF
the way Max. four years old. was
next. and also was caught. Nathan
six, and Mary. ten. followed. and al
were stopped by the policeman.
strong arms without Jolt.
II was then the turn OF the mother
Rebeccah. who is forty and some
what heavy. Her husband had entire
confidence In the policeman's strength
by this time and. lowering his wifi
a. far as he could. dropped her into
the waiting arms. Leventhal ther
hung by his hands minute ant
dropped to the extension. Everybod!
was out Of the house and not ont
hurt.