New-York tribune., 1922-10-23

batidlngs sfsar~ pualing firsDox as
llfh street and Lexington Avenue. alI
ssse sscapess on the Lexington Avenue
Sssfe were packed with women and chill
tfseis. Those on tie third floor were
q greatest danger because smoke swept
from ali third foor windows. causing
saose eFtdeavoring tc escape TO become
confused Women screamed TO these In
the street that their children had been
Sese IN Railways and pleaded for help.
NJ that time the fire had made such
rrogress that third-fioor tenants were
cus Off from escape by stairways and
several among the score or more chill
siFen crowded ca fire escape pIstforms
mad become unconscious from inhaiisg
SMOKE Those living on the top floor
were uyahle TO reach the roof Of any
ad5oinsng apartment building, which
~as scuarated from the one on firc by
an alley twenty feet wide.
Fire Marshal Brophy said last night
that while he regarded the fire as PROB
ably iaccndiary. basing his judgment
on physical evidence, nothing had de-
yeloped during the day WHICH would
lustif -naking an arrest.
Ne are convinced the fire originat-
cd IN 6Sby carriages stored alongside
the stairway the fire marshal de-
eIared @s'I am unable to say whether
Z pyromaniac set fire to these infiam-
rable Vehicles or whether some care
less cigarette smoker tossed stub into
ere of chem, The result in either case
might haye been the sarne.0
Similarity in Fires Marked
Marshal Brophy said marked SINH
iarity existed between Sundays fire
and the. 109sh Street tenement blaze
o. threg weeks ago. in which seven lives
were lost, but added that in the iosth
street fire baby carriages had been
stored beneath the stairway. whereas
II. the last one they were parked along
side the main staircase.
Much less OF life would have been
svcrted il the frat alarm had been
turned in sooner, the marshal added.
directing attention to the fact that
flames almost reached the roof OF the
building before the first piece OF appa-
ratus arrived.
John r. Hennis, In charge Of the
homicide bureau of the District Attor-
neys office, aigo expressed belief In
the. ineGndiary origin Of the fire. lie
said:
There is a marked similarity be-
tween The two tenement fires occurring
in this vicinity within n few weeks
roth attended by loss of life. While
here ia.no definite evidence at present. |
hope TO have data to-day which will !
permit sus to work effectively. The Dis |
trlct Attorneys office will. make every |
effort TO fix responsibility for this |
disaster"
Some of the injured taken to Beth |
David Hospital were transferred late
yesterday to Mount Sinai and Harlem |
hospitals. According to the hospital |
Tecords,. one of those injured Ia Sebas-
tan Afnoroso, eleven years old, whose I
name had been given the police as Sc I
oastian Amorso. 1t WAS believed he
might be the brother of the dead An
tonic Amoroso.
Gallant Rescucr Injured
Among the rescucrs, many of whom |
suffered Injuries, William Connors.
swenty-two years old, of Is East 10th |
street, directly opposite the burned I
structure, is most seriously hurt. Con-
t1ors was in bed when he heard the
shouts for aid. When he reached the
street more than seyenty-fve women |
and children were crowded on fro es-
cape landings of the second and third
floors.
1t was Connors who rescued Mrs.
Nathan Silver, sole survivor of her
FAMILY. He carried her down a fro
escape on his back. The woman was
conveyed in a semi-conscious state to
the home of relatives nearby, Re-
covering, she ran screaming back to
the burning structure, fought her way
through the fire lines and had almost
succeeded in entering doorway when
oYerpowered. Mrs. Silver believed her
husband and children had beer rescued
when she permitted herself to be taken |
away. That all are dead will ho re-
feaiedgto her to-day. -
Connors also saved five children from
certain death. They were huddled on I
third floor escape landing when he
reached them. All were in a state Of |
partial asphyxiation. Burns suffered
ny the. rescuer will confine him to his
nome Tor some time.
Mayor Hylan, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. John 7. Sinnott, his son-in-
iaw and daughter, visited the scene
Festerday forenoon. The Mayor ex-
pressed sympathy for those made
homeless, and announced that he would
order "a thorough investigation of the
ssngin OF the fre. During the visit
mayor Hylan was besought by scores
OF men and women to aid those made
destitute. 'Ne
according to the police, A. Adler, Of
3.to broadway, owned the building in
which the fire occurred.
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