New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-18
s DIE, TRAPPED
In HARLEM FIRE:
TWO ARE WOMEN
Two Mothers, Reused by
Early Morning Blaze
Perish with Children.
POLICE FIGHT PANIC;
STOP ROOF PLUNGES
Tenants in Terror Rush to flam-
ing Stairs and Roof, For

Tenants IN terror kuSh 10 i"'''
Gil: 81 DOof For
INK o'ailS an" N'
.Iu. nav.
Two women ana 'hfee 0"''0
burned 20 death, man and MS vic
were so bally hurt that they probably
VIII o'e' anu a. ,..,..
ceived minor injuries VIM - -
ing IN coal pm carry ycS.eIu"s -,
ing. swept through tho tenement a.
1f27 Third Avenue. near llGth street.
practically destroying tho structure.
The dead arc.
..-- Mrs r-. ....t...e ,.ors rId.
M Dor Ira resr 'D
.,,. ola
..- t.a.. o.
....r. ...i,v.5 arc:
...-.. .,.-. ola burned
.., s-... ari ..-s and internally. taken
fo Harlem Hosp ,.'..--., .,oy, arm. legs
Ell. ... ,,,cros,Iv. "a ken 20 Harlem Hos
sral
Panic. which gripped the tenants
when they awoke 70 find the mouse IN
flames. is responsible for the death OF
Mrs Grochal and her little son. Her
lueband. Charles, swung from the WIN
dow, Of his apartment TO the fire escape
~ tho adjoining building, and then
mined 70 help the mother and child
across They did not appear When
ia, fre had been eXtinguished the two
bodies were found on the top Landing
of the stairway. only few yards from
lo sc1ftle door, beyond which safety
.r
Others would probably have died by
lo.oio, from windows had u not been
.a. ed prercb Detective Bureau. They
..ri,.o5 m the structure before the first
.roiuo and endeavored 20 force their
,yav into the house Flames drove
them back. but they climbed 70 the
roofs Of the nearby buildings and from
these directed the work OF rescue:
Others reached the rear ire escapes OF
the burning tenement and gulded 'he
trrror stricken tenants 10 salety'
Alderman Gives Alarm.
...- e-o,,, tho aoroin0 cellar.
ap2uung up I'm ~ 10 ~ veil,
me gre I1sn'u -, 49, Mira
hI0OHlHs oS' - i.,io e;rls
JUDD" en- anu ~ onsrtroent and
we're I9PIeN u. - before thew
S"eu pS w 80, o.cs,e Tho bus-
''i" I'"OH '''0 o+t,rr;,g home
haNn' Mares "e So a7-,sratus
Thc hfYrINrrU
cause" nm ~ - 80 - srr;ved when
e. mas 49,, ~. a.. 1rifo and children had
pro eaIue' iis ..,cr,n+ed n rusb
- .o..o-,o-. and was only re-
I -. go
For,o.,iI, ir their manic the FIRE es-
7roer ~ tbeir fat. Mr.. and
o,pr;or Lo.5o5 Gov tho roof when
I- e.. ,ros 5iscovered Flames pur-
.r,5 ,berr and tbev would never have
re.cbed safety Of their own efforts.
firemcn on the roof heard their cries
end dragged them through the scut''e'
Both were terribly burned. =,
Alderman FREDERICK lrau was walk
ing along Third Avenue when ne saw
smoke issuing from me tenement nc
turned IN an alarm. ne arIlTsI OF !ne
apparatus brought Actihg batIaIloi,
'hlei La"Iore' VINO sem !" se. 10y
alarm. Actlhg OhIel NaI''h '"e" wv"
charge. ..-...,.,
W men 'ne "re hau pee" eN.i"s ~
search was maze LOT lhe Oo",es % S"o
dead. MIS- Oiochai was iouhu win M neI
son ciaspeQ ugnty ln ner arms enc
had beer charr.d oaGIE Oy the names
Both she and Nfs' Nenz were ldehU-
H'd bN tnelt hesDanus'
Many OF the iamlHes nad oeen sca.
,tie1 10 '"e "ie"t ItO" ny
tenants from hJ'Ioy HyusTS naG 60
n.-h loIceu 20 ,ta'e 1"FIl u w.. *.
TOT hoII' alleI we "ie lau Dee" -
oAl me Le'ectIFe bureau vas
WIN per ohs io'AInB Tot missing Ie'a-
Ntes. Ii was not uhill several n l,l
after hls arr val tnat Actihg OhleI
Martin allowed persons iNlhe III une
adjoining houses 10 return 20 theIr
homes. The damage ls estimated RI
about $4,000.
Building Of Old Style.
Sbor.l,. .f,er tho Naroes had died on,
Ion, Nurpbv. the Tenement House
C,,n,,issione irepecte6 tho building
"Th,s orlv omnbesizes" he said AZ
.l n.t. .I 80 .o.an.s -,
atu' 4.s. 80 u. .Lo,,
."ous"l ao.""N nc, -
"ou,u S' III 49, y. NY a.. M va a..
''u u','"b "N" '"e"Su '"0 -. . ia. "
req Alred D" ne" "u'iu,i,Bs ioI! -.
exam n'lon "s 0ouIu maze WI'nvu.
consul ilNt .ht IeCoius CoH0'uue '"a'
~ had iuihled All inc requirements
of buildings OF TINS class.
THE structure was occupied by two
families 90 % hoor separated by party
WI There were balcony fire es-
u AIDING from zach NnHwffWpTf TO
The windows Of buildings on either
Nde. me women ana chlIdren wh9
|NNl iNtf ives were NdNlcrtflchen ana