Evening star., 1940-04-01


lrtments on the first floor which
smoke and water.
, For hours after the fire was out,
a squad of firemen combed through
the ashes searching for the bodies
of other possible victims. They
found none and reported at noon
that all but one tenant was ac-
counted for.
Two of the dead had been identi-
fed. They were:
Michael Jones, so, who died In
Emergency Hospital shortly before
Z a m. of injuries received when he
fell while attempting to get out of
his third-foor apartment.
Miss Dorothy Halslip, 80, tele-
phone operator at the Interstate
Commerce Commission, whose char
red body was identified at the
Morgue. The identification was
made from scars on her body, left
by an operation.
The third body, that of a woman,
but too badly burned to be identi-
! fed, was also at the Morgue.
Police said they had located all
known residents of the building ex-
cept one-a Miss Carrie Dunahue.'
Frank T. Ridgeway, 1857 Lamont
street NV, friend of Miss
Donahue, visited the Morgue and
viewed the unidentified body. He
said the body was burned too badly
for him to recognize.
Mrs. Louise Miller, SIG Longfellow
street NV, first cousin of the
missing woman, said she had re-
celved no word from Miss Dunahue
at noon today. Wilbur Dunahue of
Baltimore, brother, was on his
way to view the remains.
The bodies were found at the head
OF the stairs on the second floor by
flremen who had entered the build
ing after the flames were ouelled. It
was an hour and a half after the
alarm was sounded that Fire Chief
Stephen Porter announced the blaze
was under control.
List of Injured.
Those injured were:
Mrs. Mary Jones, SO, widow of
Michael Jones. She is in Emer-
gency Hospital with serious injuries
received in fall while getting out
OF her apartment.
Miss Elizabeth Manley, 40, who
hved on the second floor. She was
also IN Emergency, with second and
thlrd degree burns on her face and
body. Her condition was described
as critical.
Henry E. Roberts, rs, an uncle of
MRS. Jones. He was treated at
Emergency for bruises and burns.
Flremen had carried him down a
ladder from the Jones apartment.
Joseph B. James, 38, and his wife.
Marian, "a, who were treated at
Georgetown Hospital for burns and
bruises. The couple escaped down
ladder, raised by firemen.
Col. John w. Oehmann, District
oulldlng inspector. said there were
no nre escapes on the apartment
building. He added escapes are not
required in three e-story building
OF this type With adequate stair
ways. The structure mad four STAIR
ways and, according to inspector
report made six months ago. the
STAIRS, corridors and partitions of
the building were fireproof con the
basis of standard tests.
No Time to Gather Valuables.
The great rapidity with which the
blaze spread gave the residents no
opportunity to gather valua5 5les.
They said they looked out of their
apartments when the alarm sounded
to find the place alive with fame
and smoke.
The two who were burned to death
apparently had been just few sec
onds too slow in their flight. The
man who died in the fall had de-
cided to 60 out the window when
he found the hall outside his apart
ment choked with flame.
Some mystery surrounded the
manner in which Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
received their injuries. They had
fashioned a rope out of sheets and
blankets that reached from their
third-story window to the alley.
Mrs. Jones started down first and
Mr.. Jones followed her. They lost
their grip on the way down, how
ever, and fell to the alley.
Mr.. Roberts save his version of
the accident that led to their injury
as follows:
Within few minutes after the
bell had sounded, we found we were
trapped and we knew the window
was the only way out. My niece and
her husband, who were in the room
next to mine, made a rope of
sheets and started to let themselves
down. I just don't know what hap
pened-whether they lost their grip
or became frightened
Il was standing at the next win
dow when f1remen came. They told
me to stay where I was. Pretty
soon they put up a ladder and I
was taken down."
Hundreds Attracted to Scene.
The flames, which could be seen
for miles, and the engines. roaring
to the scene IN answer to the alarms
which came in quick succession, at
tracted hundreds of persons to the
scene.
"The place went up like a match
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