The New York herald., 1922-01-27
2CHILDREN PERISH
In FIRES IN HOMES
Four-MOnths'- '-Old Boy Dies in
Flames in Home While
Mother Is Away.

Fires in and around New York re-
suited in the loss Of two lives imperiled
many others and caused much de-
struction of property yesterday At the
Hotel Nassau at Long Beach 200 guests
were ordered out of their rooms because
Yards In Brooklyn, containing the largest
floating dry dock in the world. was
saved after a hard fight.
In Manhattan patients of Gouverneur
Hospital saw the fire fight made at
cooperage plant only few feet away
and were prepared to fee from their
rooms. In Jersey City and Newark fires
in private houses took the life Of a baby
and caused serious injuries to an
elderly woman.
Morris Dubnick, months DID, child
Of Mrs. Rose Dubnick, janitress of four
story tenement house at 800 Williams
avenue. Brooklyn, was burned to death
in the family apartment on the second
floor of the house late in the afternoon.
The mother had gone shopping and had
left her three children--Bessie, 8 !;
Hymie. 5. and Morris-alone in the
| apartment. 1t Is believed they played
with matches while the mother was gone
and set fire to the baby's dress.
Patrolman Hecht, on being told by
neighbors that there was a fire In the
DubniclS home and that Mrs. Dubntck
rad left her children alone there, tried
repeatedly to enter the apartment, but
was unable to do SO because of the
smoke. After the fire had been cxtin-
guished the charred body of the baby
1yfv nm Kitchen floor
The two other children escaped I'm some
manner. The fire filled the house with
smoke. driving eighteen families to the
street Mrs. NJ. Bernstein, who was i'll
in her apartment on the top floor, was
carried to the street by fircmen. The
fire was confined to the second floor
The most spectacular fire of the day
was in the Morse Ship Yards, Fifty-ffth
street and First avenue. Brooklyn. 1t
began in the garage of the plant, where
there were more than fifty automobiles,
all except seven of which were destroyed.
From the garage the flames spread
to a pipe shop and other buildings and
TO the immense floating dry dock, fifty
feet of its woodwork being burned. The
fireboats William ]. Gaynor and William
l.. Strong helped nightly toward
saving the yards. For a time the air
was full of whirling embers and thou
sands near tne plant were tnriileu anu
alarmed by the spectacle. Edward r.
Morse, president of the company, esti-
mated the damage at about 100000.
Tho fire at the Hotel Nassau scorched
the west wall after 1t had started In a
one story frame novelty shop adjoining.
The 200 guests were ordered out, some
not taking time to dress completely. The
Are got into the refrigeratng plant of
the hotel and escaping ammonia COM
bined with this smoke to fill the cor
ridors.
The Long Beach fire engine was Grip
pied and apparatus arrived in time from
Iynbrook. East Rockaway. Rockville
Center. Valley Stream and MIneola.
end worked rapidly. Ten flremen were
affected by the smoke and needed simple
treatment. Other firefghters suffered
severely from the cold and were en-
crusted with ice from the spray of
their own hose lines. One estimate OF
the damage was about 100000.
The flames which threatened Gou-
verneur were In the basement of a coop
eragc plant at 304 Front street. The
whole seven story building looked like
a poor risk for half an hour and hos
pital attendants In every ward were
ready to assist patients. Police reserves
also were on hand to help. The fire.
men mado short work OF tho blaze.