Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-05
SIX WOMEN BURN TO
DEATH
Daughters Of Late Banker, Cousin,
Nurse and Two Servants Die
Of Suffocation
YOUNG WOMAN SAVES MOTHER

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.---six women
lost their lives in a fire which de-
stroyed the home OF Mrs. Casimir
Tag AZ 243 Hancock street, Brooklyn.
early today. Mrs. Tag, widow Of the
president OF the German Savings
bank, escaped, but two OF her daugh-
tiers we're among those who per-
ished.
The dead are;
CAROLINE TAG AND HELEN TAG,
the daughters OF the late bank president
HANNAH p. sNAvLEY. So years Old.
a cousin Of Mrs. TAG.
JENNIE SHERMAN. a nurse.
ANNA CAIN AND LIZZIE CAIN.
servants.
The fire IL attributed 20 defective In
suIation OF wires. Miss Caroline Tag was
awakened by smoke and discovered the
fire about o'clock this morning. Hast
enIng TO the telephone she notified her
brother. who lived In an adjoining house.
and then tslephoned TO the fire depart
nlent A. she gave the address OF her
home to the operator at fire headquar-
tiers she said:
Il am being overcome by smoke"
Gives Life for Others.
Mas Tag awakened her mother. who
IL % years old. and aided her TO escape
through third-story window TO the roof
ef an extension in the rear OF the house.
Apparently MSS Tag then went 70 the
rooms OF her sister and the other oc-
cupAnts and awakened them. and she.
with the others, were trapped by the
flames ana smoke which filled the hall
and stairways, cutting off their means
OF exit. There were no fire escapes ON
the building and the firemcn were de-
iayed In reaching the house by heavy
snow.
When the firemen reached the house
IL was blazing furiously. Mrs. Tag was
taken down from the roof OF the exten.
sion 70 safety. but Il was not until after
the fire was extinguiFA ID that the bodies
Of the ak victims were discovered lyins
in the rooms and halls Of the third and
fourth floors,
Mies Caroline Tag was engaged 10 b.
married on February 15 Her father
was prominent IN the tobacco Industry
a. well AZ In banking and left an estats
ehtimateo AZ slsoVAvA
rive More at Atlantic City.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Feb. Alive
peraons lost their lives and eight others
were seriously injured early today In a
fire which destroyed the overbrools hote
AZ Pacific and Mount Vernon avenues II
this city. The bodies Of three Of the deaf
are ssill On the ruins. Several OF the in.
iuFed are expected to die.
The fire 10 believed 70 have started II
the kitchen. when Il was DISCOVERIES
flannes were shooting up thu eiavato
shaft and soon afterward thu entir
bulldina was burning. There were no
inany guests IN the house ana most o
thGan were aroused IN time TO esenpe
Their exit Was out off and most OF then
had 10 issnp from windows.
OnA woman was seen 10 faint after call
ing Tor help from an upper window AM
was burned 70 death while her body IA,
across the stiil In view Of hundreds 0
persons unable 70 help her. The engines
OF the hotel hung out az a window unit
the fire reached nla hands and cause.
him 20 drop 20 the street. He was killeI
almost instantly Another woman. VII,
nfanaged 70 crawl out OF a window. fe'
anA also lost her life.
The bodies Of the dead stilI In tn
ruins are those Of the parents OF Rich
ard Mott. proprietor OF the hctel, an
Paul Hendricks Of chambersbuEs. Pa