Evening star., 1923-04-27
z DEAD, 70 HURT
WHEN FIRE SWEEPS
GOTHAM TENEMENT
Aerial Ladders Aid Rescue OF
Men and Women From
Windows.
GIRL PERISHES TRYING
TO SAVE HER TROUSSEAU
Seven in One Family Lost as Man
and Boy Escape--Taxi
Landing Place.
Fr the Associated Press

Fr rh- Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 27.-Fire of r1ys-
terious origin, starting in pile OF
rubbish on the second floor of a sive-
story brick tenement. in East Io9th
street early today mushroomcd
through the building and caused: the
deaths OF twelve persons. members of
two families living on the top foor.
I Twenty persons were injured and
|. fremcn made spectacular rescues Of
mauy of the 200 living in the build
ing.
Seven of the dead were membets Of
tho family of David Mandelbaun. "a
l,ainter. who had planled to move to-
4ay TO a little farm upstate w:hici,
a'C had recently purchased. They we're
airs. MandeIbaum, and her childrer,
whose ages ranged from one to sin
ten years
THE othc- dead were Aaron EINis.
l=s wife. their daughter. Bertha,
taenty their son. David. eight
cen, and relative, Mrs. Isaac Brewn-
stein. who was visiting them.
Father and hoy Saved.
aiandelbaum. who was rescued by
fremen and police after he had made
desperate attempts to save his FAM
ilNz said he was awakened by smoke
and when he opened the door of his
bedroom he was met with rush Of
fame. His little son Hyman, who
also had been awakened. crawled on
his hands and knees behind him.
Manslelbaum placed the youngster on
the fire escape and told him to climb
dowf and wait for the tiremen. He
was rescued.
The kuxis family. which occupied
an apartment opposite the Mandef
was pulled out Of the room uncon-
sriouS by tiremen and taken 10 a hos
ptal.; where she died.
Bertha kuxis. who was TO have
been :marricd June II. lost her life
because she went back to her apart
lncnt Tor her wedding dress. She. had
reached landing WHcfe sh@ "ould
have ESCAPED fIer iiancC lavid
Aaron: who lives In the neighborhood,
saw her charred body carried from
the building. He was overcome with
grief.
=Caxi tScd Landing.
Many more persons would have
been Trapped by the flames. according
IL the: police had it not been. for
Michae= Kaufman. a city employe.: liv@
ing across from the burned tenement,
who discovered the fire.
Seeing smoke and flames shooting:
from iourth- floor window. kaufman:
,alephoaed a fire alarm, rushed across
he street into the burning building.
and rarE through the halls of the five
hnors blowing a police whistle be-
tween shouts of fire
Arriving at the street. Kaufman
until he. had attracted the attention
Of Angelo Magatta. a taxi driver.
who drove his car beneath the fire
escape l;nding at the first floor, from
which She terror-stricken tenants
dropped so the cabs roof.
DangIe From Window SilIs.
With t:lc arrival of the fire depart
nent. which had been called by three
alarms a: half dozen men and women
were fouad to be hanging from win
dow Sills:and were brought to safety
after thrilling reScueS. \ number of
persons who stood at windows, their
forms Silaouetted against the flames
behind TEEN. We're only prevented
NTH nOorS by the encouraging shouts
of firemert who hastily ran up aerial
ladders and carried them to the
The fire: spread with lightning-like
,apidity. catting off exits to the third.
fourth ana fifth door tenants before
many of them could make their way
to the streets by the wooden stair
ways.