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Show Waitresses Suffocate In Room of Burning Building- No Escape New York, Oct. 7. Two young women wo-men omployed as waitresses in a ros-taurant ros-taurant at 25 Park Row, woro suffocated suffo-cated to death yesterday In a fire that started In the fifth floor from a do-fectivo do-fectivo flue and spread to tho other floors. Two other waitresses are In a 'serious condition as a result of belns overcome by smoke, while two men employes wero injured The restaurant restau-rant waa wrecked. The dead: MRS. NELLIE GILMAN of Brooklyn. Brook-lyn. MRS. ADELAIDE PRESTON of Brooklyn. The Injured: John Gafnoy, address unknown; condition critical. Mary Powers, Brooklyn. Nellie Lovctt, Brooklyn. L Buchreddy of Manhattan. Tho flro started JUBt as the women employes were preparing to go to work at noon. They smolled smoko, but thought nothing of it until Buchreddy Buch-reddy rushed Into their room and called call-ed out that tho upper part of tho building waa in flames. All made a rush' for the stairs, but found that 03-capo 03-capo had boen cut off. A hundred persons had boon eat-!s eat-!s In th restaurant and tb.e naok H"" ll ,.,.,., - II I , l .j, jJM." i i i-vji. drove them Into the stroot. While thero a shout of horror went up, for a girl wan seon to make her way to tho window on tho fourth floor. Through t,he amoko those in the street below could sco tho girl Imploring help. Then three more forms appeared appear-ed and all four girls stood on the ledgo of tho bulldlnjcr. Presontly on was seen to topple over backward and a man was seen to make hie way out on tho edge of another window, where ho called loudly for help. Ladders woro raised and ropes dropped from adjoining buildings, while a great crowd, cheered tho firomen to renewed renew-ed efforts, Sherwood Blacltwoll, a member of tho Ralolgh, N. C, fire department, who is serving an apprenticeship in the Now York city flro department, was the first up the ladder. Ho graspod Mjes Lovott and hrought her to the giound. Fireman Ferguson picked up Miss Preston and hurried her to the ground but sho died before modlcal aid could be summoned. Mrs. Gilman was found suffocated and her clothing badly burned. Sho had taken refuge under a table In a corner of the room. |