The New York herald., 1922-01-24
BRIDE AND2GIRLS
DIEM FIERCE FIRES
Hundreds Driven From Homes
on Upper East Side When
Lumber Yard Is Burned.
BLAZE NEAR HIPPODROME
Policeman Layan Saves Many
Families From Flames on
Lower West Side.

A young woman recently married
many other persons were in danger
yesterday in fires in and about New
York. Tie fatal fires occurred in the
early morning, but all day the Fire
Department was kept answering
alarms throughout the city.
A three alarm fire at night in
Simonson's lumber yard at 419 East
Tooth street drove 100 families into
the streets from nearby tenements,
and for q time endangered several
houses. Another fire at Sixth avenue
land Forty third street tied up traffic
for half an hour in the theater rust.
The young woman who lost her life
was Mrs. Rebecca Schneider. Is, who
was married only two weeks ago to
David Schneider, with whom she had
scarcely more than begun home. The
husband is %. They lived at 749 Tin
ton avenue, The Bronx.
When they retired Sunday night they
left a small oil stove burning In the liv-
ang room of the apartment. For some
reason, which Schneider was unable to
explain, the oil stove fell over against
some draperies. and these blazing up as
the Schneiders slept ran swiftly into
the bedroom and attacked the bed and
the clothes of the sleepers. Schneider
ran into the hall, shouting Fire. - and
then dashed back into the bedroom to
try 20 save his wife. 1t was impossible.
The flames drove him relentlessly from
The room. Mrs. Schneider was burned
and Schneider, who Is in Lincoln Hos
pital, was scared severely
The top floor tenants. unable to make
their way through the Railways, were
taken down by the firemen on extension
ladders. The flames were quickly ex-
ttnguished
Four Houses Destroyed.
The two children that perished were
among score exposed to danger in
-four houses at Main and Herbert
streets, Port Washington, which burned
to the ground at A. M. The children
were Marie Fasano and Antoinette Ces-
HAIR the former 5. the latter 6. The
small block of buildings were wooden
and went up like straw in a sharp wind.
Fire hydrants were frozen and the fire
Fighters had to rely on their chemicals.
The fire originated in the hardware
shop of Antonio and Charles Musante.
over which the family Of the Fasano and
Cestair children lived. A passenger
alighting from an early morning train
saw the flames starting and notified the
nearest fire company. The siren called
-four companies, but by the time they
could get into action the block was
doomcG. Explosions among the paints
land oils increa sed the fierceness OF the
fire and within a few minutes the first
floor was a furnace and the other houses
were burning.
The Fasano family, with an adopted
child Antoinctte Cestair, was SOUND
asleep, and in the fright and confusion
OF things II was not observed In the
flight through the smoke to the roof tna'
Marie and Antoinette were missing. Inc
restaurant and hotel of Bernard Nc
Court and offices OF the Nassau Light
and Power Company were consumed
The loss was estimated at SlOV.ooV.
Lumber Ignites Rapidly.
The fire which damaged Simonson's $
humber yard started in a shanty owned
by the Catholic Aid Society ADJOINING
iha ward. The high wind caused the
flames to spread rapidly In the piles
~ lumber and the whole place was
ahlaze when the fire apparatus arrived
The blaze was discovered by Patrolman
Scholpp. who turned in an alarm ana
then ordered tenants to leave the apart
ment house in 415 East Tooth street.
Later the tenants of other apartment
houses were ordered to go to safer
place.
The fire at Sixth avenue and Forty
third street caused $500 damage in the
etatlonery store of John Weiner In 100
Sixth avenue, across the way from the
lIppodrome
Capt. Thomas Harding and Firemen
Henry Hoffman and Arthur Jemm OF
Engine Company No. GO were slightly
Injured at night while fighting a fire
in the three story frame building at 402
East, 14sth street. The Bronx. occupied
by Loefflers dance hall. The ceiling
a. the third floor fell on them. but they
were able to go to their quarters.
A child suffering from scarlet fever
was carried to safety by its mother.
Mrs. Schramm, when the home of Emil
Schramm, 100 Murray lane. Flushing.
was swept by flames in the afternoon