| Show DRIVEN OUT BY I FIERCE FL ME Wild Panic in Tenement House District West Thira Street New York WOMAN HORRIBLY BURNED FIREMAN FATALLY INJURED LOSS ABOUT 4 4 44 4 New York Jan Jun early carbo to day out a dal dairy sales ales stable 4 4 dyeing c and n a dozen 4 4 tenements tenement on West street 4 midway between NInth and Tenth av m cs caused tIme the probable loss Ios of three thre lives and a money damage of OOOO Ono One fireman was probably fatally Injured a woman horribly burned and a negro shot through tho head 4 durIng a clash between white men colored men Ht t f t t t 4 t New York Jan Jau originating In a business bloc block on lest Iest street early this morning destroyed that build Ing and spreading to adjoining tenement houses on both sides or of the street gave saye the tire fire department a hard fight FIVe alarms were sounded in quick sue suc succession cession summoning un an immense amount of apparatus to the scene or of the fire while hundreds of pollee reserves were called to restore order among the families which spread from the burning tenements Wild Panic Prevailed The fhe firemen were handicapped by low water pressure and were repeatedly driven back b by the thc rl ms which spreading In every direction soon threatened the whole thickly populated tenement section Ten Tenements Tenement ement on each side of the block were In hI flames before the occupants were out of their homed home The wildest confusion rol fol lowed among the hundreds of tenants who rushed to the streets scantily clad an anthe the police pollee had the greatest difficulty in pr a reckless sacrIfice of life among those who ho wished to return to their homes lomes for their belongings At 21 ten bUll buildings were de destro cd or in flames They were n a stable block a silk sUk manufactory and eight ten tenements At that hour the fire was gain Ing steadily and threatened the whole block Tenants within a radius raJus or of half a dozen ozen blocks had been ordered out Fireman Buried in Ruins At ro t a dyeing establishment at 24 Vest est F street near the tho original lire burst Into flames When Whon tho walls walla of the stable fell feU John Sha Shay a fire fireman man went down with the ruins He Was rescued with difficulty and removed to a hospital In a dying The rime burning of the establishment nt was by of chem chemicals i ta Is rendering greater reater the danger to the 1110 firemen and helping to spread the flames In imminent danger of his life Police Policeman man Sullivan made his way to the top OLa whore where he found foun mother a an anti six children together and helpless from fear Unaided and In repeated a trips he carried the whole family t tO the street I Fire Spread Rapidly At 0 the fire was spreadIng and a hun dma dru horses horse released from the tho stable and ana ungovernable from fear were running through the streets To add t the confusion thieves began looting the burning tenements They were fired upon by the police but with what effect could not be learned Failing walls wails mA made e street t tIn In the vicinity of 01 the tle Ire fire impassable AU AUthe A II the police reserve of the west woot sl side e and extra ambulances were pressed Into ser servi service vi vice ct At 3 th the fire was not under con control control but It was believed at that hour that It could be kept within its persons are mIssing from the tho lam fam Illes that occupied th the but In Inthe the confusion it was to deter determine mine whether loss OSK or of Ufo life had haa occurred One woman Woma had bEen taken to the hospit hospital al 1 dangerously burned Under Control 1 At 3 time the fire ja is said to be un under under der The moneY loss will be about It I l believed ell e that at least three people will wi Ii die on ac of injuries Another Tenement Fire New York Jar Jan persons were rescued with late tonight from fromn froma n a burning rt h house use in Vest lort Forty ninth st Three Women who had been O overcome by br mole were out over the roofs of adjoining houses to a place or t Six families had been blen penned d din in the by the burning of tIll the iIan Many made their wa way tt t the ground by the tho fire escapes while the oUt oth othera era OrM were taken en from the sixth floor by br firemen Several policemen wore were badly In Injure injured jure The monetary loss was only 15 |
