The New York herald., 1920-01-08
FIRE CROWD Sees
WOMAN RESCUED IN
. UPPER BROADWAY
Mother Makes Many Trips to
Save Three Children in House
at Ninety-Sixth Street.

Cheer after cheer rose from crowds
pressed against the fire lines, which
blocked off the five story apartment
street just before midnight, when Fire
man John Metz brought Mrs. G. H. Stc-
key who occupied a fourth story apart
ment, down a one man scaling ladder TO
safety in Ninety-sixth street dozen
other men, women and children had been
carried down ladders and helped down
fire escapes while flames swept the up
per three floors and caused damage esu-
mated at $4,000.
The fire was one of the most spectacu-
lar in upper Manhattan in several years.
The first alarm was sent in by Police
man O'Hara, of the West Tooth street sta
tion. about eleven o'clock, just as the
crowds from tho Keith's Riverside Thea
ire and the Shubert's Riviera were swarm
ing Broadway. Instantly the crowds
rushed for tho scene, and reserves from
Il. q Tooth street station and the West Six
ty-eighth street station were called to
establish fire lines at amsterdam avenue
and at Broadway
Mrs. stuckey bravely' stood on the win
dow sill of her apartment calling down to
the anxious fireman that she Wouio slano
by until rescued.
Mrs. Thomas Brennan crawled alons
smoke filled hallway on the floor, pushing
her son. Bartholomew. nineteen months
old in front of her only to find the main
hall flame filled and impassap!e. BACK
through the narrow passa geway TO lhe Ire c
escape in the rear Mrs. Brennan craWleu
again and, placing the baby OUTSIDE, Went
hack into her apartment and carried out
her son. William, nine years old, VINO mao
teen overcome by smoke. Again sne went
10 the apartment aud guided lnouiaS'
fourteen years, to safety
Robert Casson, of No. 726 Amsterdam
avenue. sprang over a fence ana with
John Mayer, a policeman, OF the Wee'
Tooth street station, and Herman hiusS,
the ianitor of the building, cNnipeu 'NS
fire escape and helped Mrs. Brennan anu
bar three children to the ground. she
was taken into No. 2O7 West Ninety-fifto
street. where q physician treated Aei
for slight burns and revived william.
Policeman O'Hara told Detectives Ed
ward FITZGERALD and Cornelius ManuihS'
both of the West Tooth street station'
about the fire while turning in the alarm.
The two detectives ran to the pulloins,
but the blaze, which Apparently Ia.
started in the first floor hallway. already
had swept up the stairway. They ran
10 the adjoining building, at No. 2oo, ana
entered the burning apartment through
the trap door on the roof. They warneo
the occupants of the upper floors.
When firemen responded to three alarms
they took occupants of two apartments
on The second and third floors to ths
ground on short ladders. Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Malloy. and three guests, Miss Del
La Haheny, Anna Murphy and Mary Law
ess, were among the first rescued IRON
the third floor.
Paul Steiger and his wife, Helen his
brother, Clement Steiser. and his sister.
lin-law, Miss Freida Vogt, and MIR. ano
Mrs. Francis Baggan and their fourteen
months old son, Francis Y. Baggan, were
carried down from the fifth floor, before
the thrilling rescue of Mrs. Stuckey was
lattempted.\
The interior of the three upper fiooys
was destroyed and the contents of the
second and first floors drenched in water
Priests of the Holy Name Roman Catho'
| lie Church, Nnety-sixth street and Am
| sterdam avenue, took some OF the home
less into the rectory, where they got ho
! food and warm clothing, under the direc'
ton of Father James B. Curry The use
OF Keith's Theatre was offered Tor fam
lilies who wanted TO use it over night.