New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
BI1RNED AS He
TRIES TO SAVE
GEMS AT FIRE
,.ueller, Seriously Hurt,
saved from Flames
by Policeman.
sIIJECOAT, RESCUER,
HIMSELF RESCUED
crippled Children in Ter
ror-Traffc Halted
by Flames.

-, men we're rescued last night by
-.I,sn Samuel II. WeinsteIn, OF
=" East 5lst ST. station, who himself
= ..,,yed from the third floor Of ll6
-. so,b ST.. where be had gone In
-, Of a woman who was thought
!. nave been overcome by smoke. Al
Ing revived IN the New York Or
s..s8s Hospital, 126 East 18th st.
). ,,,Dorted back for duty and refused
70 Be relieved.
a.. ~ the men, Charles Schultz, IN
-,.,. .velry store, at 11S East 5sth
:. hs FIRE started, st first refused to
:, n Flower Hospital. but two hours
.,.,nlO:3O o'clock, his condition be
.,~, +. serious that he was taken to
~, Institution unconscious. The
80, Henry Admeyer, who is seventy
-, years old and crippled with rheu-
-,.,m was taken back 20 his apart
-,,, an the top floor Of 116 when that
,,lsipg had been cleared OF smoke.
n. Ere halted traffic for more than
AZ hour.
Schultz and his wife occupy rooms
!, ne rear Of their basement store.
lbout 8 o'clock. he said, he smelled
voks and started 10 investigate. As
!, opened the door into the store
....t Of fame drove him back. He
u,si,.ed, however, and darted into the
=, in an effort 20 save whatever jew
.r be could conveniently carry. He
Va, again forced back, and collapsed
o. The threshold.
Wife Summons Aid.
Meanwhile Mrs. Schultz had gone
no the street. where she saw Vein
rsip He brought her husband out
and dA.vss taken TO the institution for
qivysd children, where DR.. George L.
Nssrr Of l54 East oath ST., who was
attracted BY the blaze, attended him.
Tslns.ein then heard that an aged
ccvss we're cut OFF By smoke on the
isp ioof Of the adjoining house. He
net NrS Adneyer in the hallway. She
:old bin she could get ont unaided, but
ne, her crippled husband would re-
oairs help. Admeyer was unconscious
vhen carried out, but soon revived in
as syening ar.
The pstrolmsn then heard that a
An B. J. Murphy, q tenant on the
ard floor Of ll6. had not been seen
Slnse the FIRE started. II was while he
sss gropirg about in the smoke Of her
apartment that Weinstein was himself
,7sleoms. Cecil Craige, Of 349 East
sia St, saw him 20 into the building,
Na when he did not return within a
reasonable time, oarted IN with cry
'or assistance.
he and man who responded had
ragged Weinsteln down 10 the first
aoof when the reserves arrived and
completed the rescue G their comrade.
Children in Fright.
Nesnvhile Dr. Brace had arrived
roI Fitger Hospital, and was assist
hs d. Naurer IN the Orthopadic Hos
pa Several Of the thirty children
Neie hsd become excited BY the ar
I'al OF the victims Of the FIRE and the
]Aglng OF apparatus iD the street
M many OF them as could walk we're
lAeo up oy Miss Louise Quinn, head
lsIsei ready for q hsstv eyif e p6ces
Nry. - "0N''
when the doctors got through ban
aging the burns received bv Schultz
'aly three narrow sits for his eves
,rd nose broke the COVERING over his
.o and head Despite bic severe
.ins ne insisted on remaining 70 look
utr ms $4,000 stock, and DR.. Brace
Nufned 70 Flower Hospital without
y1hent who should have been there.
Laler' when the jewellers condition
e1ne 50 alarming that he required
Y"si care, Dr. Brace was not conf
OF ne ability % bring him
-,oaRn. Detectives took charge Of the
80 over the stock that had 50 much
v,fleo him. Actual damage done
'ls hre was c7timated at 50 OOO.
nh..e attempting % rescue the fire.
-fniied tenants OF an apartment
-, a, 1873 Madison av., late yes
,i-y Afternoon, Max Rosen, a clerk,
s.yN sacrificed his life, and was
a.. taVsd by trcmcn, who stumbled
!, ss unconscious body On the land
~ ne fourth aoor
a. ne, which broke out on the sec
~, ln the apartment Of Henry
,ls-'1Af, tailor, was discovered
a.. after . o'clock by other ten
,, mo promptly turned in an alarm.
g,5 5~s TINE the FIRE apparatus ar
49, ine flames had eaten their way
.,.sh ne southern wing Of the five
- Nrpc'Drt % the roof. So pid
a, Ne spread Of the blaze that only
d. Aer2etic work Of PatrOlman Craw-
- oi the last lO4th n. police sta
- Nho vas ghghtly burned about
60 ard hands, prevented serious
'ssss h INC '0Upai'0 "a ''''
, ,.'s.iorc, before the arrival Of the
H.. department, groped his way
$50 The sm0ke-flled halls and
~. eertsin that no crippled or bed
49,. pefton remained within the
hs,. ihe hrc apparatus arrived,
a. sshss Sneidiker and John ~. mshn-
; W attached 20 Engine Company
q, eHlf0 line % hose ~ far as
~, ~hoing On the fourth floor, where
~. stumbled and fell over an OBJ
,s,..ohh a. The head Of the stairs. In
o,. s1Non showed that = semi-sufO-
~ man was lying on the landing.
~ pNo bremen called 20 their corn,
ana The victim wss carried up
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