The New York herald., 1922-10-23
Flames Again Start in Baby
Carriages Left in Ground
Hallway.
300 WERE IN BUILDING
-Four Missine-Girl Dies Hunt
ing Ring OH Eve Of En-
gagement Party.

fOurteen persons are known TO nave
died in the fire early yesterday in the
five story tenement house at Lexington
avenue and 10th street and four others
are missing. Thirty five we're injured.
There were about 800 persons in
the building. Most of them We're asleep
when the fire started. The rapidity
Of the flames cut off many on the up
per floors from escape.
lis believed the blaze was started
by q pyromaniac.
Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy said
last night he was satisfied that the
fire started in two baby carriages left
by the stairs on the ground floor.
Whether these were ignited by a
ryromaniac OF whether careless
smoker dropped a lighted cigarette into
them as he came down the steps is yet
10 be determined" he added.
The fire Is similar TO that of several
weeks ago in an apartment house in
1o3th street. where seven lives were lost
"In that fire." said Mr.. Brophy. "the
baby carriages were stored directly
beneath the stairs and we have no doubt
tut that they were planted there by a
yromaniac who enjoyed watching the
flames"
John II. Hennis, Assistant District. At
torney. in charge of the Homicide
Bureau, also pointed out the similarity
cendlarism" he said when detectives
working on the case conclude their in
v,stigation tomorrow l hope TO be abl ;
to place the responsibility for the fire"
Mayor Visits Scene.
Mayor Hylan. accompanied by his
daughter, Virginia. and her husband
John i. Sinnott. visited the scene. The
Mayor said a determined search "for
the pyromaniac" responsible for the fire
will be made by Police and Fire depart
ment officials. He expressed sympathy
for relatives of the victims.
The fire was discovered by City Mar
shall Lazarus. who telephoned an alarm.
Two additional alarms follow ed.
Smokey Joe" Martin directed the fire.
men. They subdued the blaze within
four hours.
The four persons missing last night
are not believed to have perished, mas
much as a thorough search OF the debris
was made by firemen and police. The
tenants unaccounted for are Michael
Nolan. Mr.. and Mrs Vacarro and ---------
Caryinalia. They are believed to have
gone searching hospitals for their rela-
tives.
Sarah silver, 20. died last night in
Harlem Hospital. After coming out OF
the FIRE she rushed back to recover her
engagement ring. She was overcome by
flames. Her, fiance. Edward Pine. said
party at which her enga cement was
10 have been announced was scheduled
20 have been held yesterday afternoon.
Two of Pines friends in evening dress.
unaware that the tenement house had
! burned. attempted to get through police
lines to the burned structure.
The bodies of an unidentified man and
woman at Bellevue Morgue are charred
almost beyond recognition. Identified
tion Of Nathan Silver so, father OF four
children lost in the fiic. was made by
means of a signet ring. Examination
OF the ring with a maciiifying glass re-
vealed The initials ~. =" The body OF
the unidentified women is believed to
be that of Mrs. ~ NJ. Duineil, school
teacher. who lived on the top floor OF
the building.
The Dead.