New-York tribune., 1921-01-31
Two Inquiries !.
On in Death Of
Twelve In Fire
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the flames were pouring up the air shaft
to the floors above.

the flames were pouring up the air shaft
to the. floors above.
| Groll ran to room No. IL and threw
opet, the door, to be greeted by wall
Of flame. He shouted to Mr.. Scharsh-
ing, who. told him to run to the firebox
around the corner and who then began
his tour Of warning through the cor.
ridors.
| BY the time the firemen arrived the
interior Of the building was q mass
Of flames, Guests trapped on the
upper floors stood at the windows Of
their smoke-filled rooms shouting for
help, which was given them as rapidly
az aerial ladders could be hoisted.
Meanwhile a number Of the occupants,
scantily clad, Asd by the fire escapes
or made their way through sitting
corridors to the exits.
Az the dead and seriously. burned
| the four-story building. Some were
found in attitudes which indicated that
they were making every effortsto fight
their way to safety.
Mrs. Schumacher, who never regained
consciousness, was identified before
her death at the hospital yesterday by
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, with whom she
lived at the Second Street address,,
Mrs. Davis also identified the body Of
Frank Logan, who she said was chum
Of her son. Mrs. Schumacher, Mrs.
Davis told the police, had been sepa-
rated from her husband for eight years
and had never. remained away from
home at night before.
The body Of Daisy Gray, who is said
to have been the divorced wife Of
Charles May, Of Jersey City, was iden-
tilted by Mrs. Maize La Mar, 1907 Will
lows Avenue.
Identification Of the body Of Snyder
was made through his effects by
George McDonough, Of Brooklyn. Mr..
MscDonough also gave the police ir-
tion Of the body Of Miss Peterson by
her stepbrother, Oscar Hansen. Mrs.
Snyder later visited the rnorgue and
confirmed the Identification of her hus-
band, who was employed as a foreman
by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany.
Samuel Rice, of 22o South Sixth
Street. Newark, identified the body of
Linke late last night.
Many articles Of jewelry and wearing
apparel collected by the police are be-
ing held in the hope that thew viii
assist in the identification of the bodies
Of other victims, no accurate descrip-
tion Of which can be given. The regis
ter of the hotel was burned.
Among the articles accumulated bv
the police was we'll worn pair Of
shoes. Shortly after noon Yesterday a
man dashed into the station and told
the desk sergeant his effects had been
removed from the hotel, where he was
employed, after the fire. When shown
the pile OF apparel he made straight for
the shoes and drew from the toe Of
one roll of bills containing $45O He
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departed with the contents Of his "sav-
ings bank"
A peculiar case Of mistaken identity
occurred. a man told the authorities
ne was positive one Of the bodies was
that OF his nephew, Thomas MCGOWAN.
OF b7l Leonard Street, Brooklyn, He
said his nephew had been wounded twice
IN France, once in the shoulder and once
above the right eye. Curiously enough.
the wounds were clearly apparent on the
body he claimed.
just after the Identification had been
completed, however, McGowan came in
with his wife, who has been living with
her parents, they told the police, at 469
W.ythe Avenue, Brooklyn. The couple
admitted having been in the hote, when
the ire started, explaining that they
had been married secretly few weeks
ago and that Mrs. MCGOWAN had con-
tinued to. reside with her parents, who
were unaware Of the ceremony.
The injury Of the woman in Acker-
sons sanitorium was unknown to the
police until yesterday afternoon, when
Jefferson Feely, who said he was an
ateendant in Judge Blair's court in
Jersey City, came to the station. to
claim his false teeth.
When the fire broke out, he said, he
got Margaret O'Hare from the build
ing, although she was badly burned.
AS soon as they reached the street. he
said, he summoned taxi and accom-
panied her to the sanatorium, where
he registered her as Mrs. Kelly. Feelv
was painfully burned about the back
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