Show LEVIN PERISH I 1 IN HOUSE IRE sleepers caught in fiery furnace furnaca with no chance of escape many belna being injure by jumping from windows now york eleven portions persons were killed more than a dozen injured and thirty more escaped death by tho the narrowest margain in an incendiary fire which wrecked a tenement house varly early monday that a deliberate attempt was ma anda do to destroy tile tho house its occupants as well tho the police and firemon do not doubt three barrels stuffed with rubbish soaked with oil all were blazing fierce fiercely ly in tiro lower hall cutting oft off tile tho escape of tho the fifty or more persons who were gle sleeping on tile tho upper tipper floors some boino of these died in their beds overcome over como by smoke fe and then caught by the fl dames arnes others who had been aroused too loo lato late fell unconscious before they could reach a window and were burned to death scarcely an arms length from safety many wore were injured by jumping from upper tipper windows to io tho the street or b by y being cru crushed sired as they fought for positions of safety on the choked fire scap capes oa mothers and fathers with children in their arms and the smoke pouring out cut of tile tho windows behind them and the cracking of the jamea in their cars care became panic stricken and tossed their children to friends in tile tho street fully a dozen children were tossed from tho the second and floors and were caught by men standing in tile the street tho men inon and women were later carried down by firemen on oil ladders adders |