The evening world. Newspaper, July 31, 1901, Page 3

The Father, Son and Daughter Suffocated in a Brooklyn Blaze— Mother,|mpaled ona Picket Fence, Is Dy- ing—A_ Girl's Thrill- ing Escape—An In- vestigation. THE DEAD. JAMES M'COY, thirty-six years old, leaman. WILLIAM M’COY, sixteen years old. ra old, EDNA M'COY, eleven y: DYING. Mrs. WCOY. An Investigation 1s to be held to de- termine whether or not lack of decision and bad Judgment on the part of two Fire Department foremen caused the loss of three lives in a fire at No, 370 Gold street, Brooklyn, this morning. It la alleged that twenty minutes of valuable time were wasted by thes foremen in deciiing a question that should have been decided offhand. A contractor who has had Gold street torn up and practically impassable for teams for threa months also comes in for a share of the blame. Fatal Delay. Four Itves will probably be the total sacrificed in this fire, which occurred in the apartments of James McCoy, a} salenman. MeCoy, his son and his daughter were muffocated. Another daughter was lowered to the ground by the mother. Mrs, McCoy jumped and was Impaled on a picket fence. She is dying in a hospital. Within five minutes after the discov- ery of the fire Truck No. 63, Foreman Patrick Campbell reached the corner of Gold street and Myrtle avenue, Gold street from that point to the house that was on fire is a chaos of mud-holes, atone-piles, manhole covers and other impediments to teams. Campbell stopped the truck on the corner and sent men to investigate the feasibility of driving through Gold street. Just then came Truck No. 63, David O'Keefe foreman. The two foremen conferred and de- clded to awalt the arrival of the bat- talion chlef before taking action. Twenty Minntes Lost. Not until twenty minutes later did they get a ladder up against the front of the bullding. McCoy, his son and daughter were found allve but uncon- eclous on the floor of their apartment. They died soon after. The question to be decided 19 whether, if the firemen had promptly got thelr ladders to the scene, the lives of these might not have been saved. Fire Marshal Brymer is collecting the facte and will report to Fire Commis- aloner Scannell, It ts considered most likely that Mr. Scannell will order a searching investigation. One of the theorlen advanced by Rob- erta and Flanco {x that a cat knocked a lighted lamp from a refrigerator and atarted the blaze. The building in which the fire occurred 4s an old-fashioned three-story brick bullding with a high stoop that has been turned into a tenement building. There fs no fire escape either on the front or rear. u The basement {s occupied as a laun- dry. Ellis Roberts Hves on the first floor. His family ts In Rockaway und he was in his apartments alone. An- thony Filanti, his wife and year-old baby Hved on th { floor, ana tne third floor was 0: by the McCoys. The fire started at 3 o'clock In the rear room on the first floor, The whole interlor of the house was afire when Policemen Hart and Higgs, of the ‘Adams street station, turned in alarms simultaneously. ‘The «patizemen broke down the front door, but were unable to enter the house because of the fire and smoke. Mr. Roberts was awakened. He left the house by the back door, climbed the back fence and awakened the fam|- les in the house next door. He went through that house to the roof and then to the roof of the burning build- There he was Joined by another ing. man, They tried to xo down through the scuttle, but the fire drove them back. ‘The Only McCoy Saved. The men secured a clothesline from a pole in tho rear yard and let It dangle down In front of the house, where they could see McCoy and his family. Mrs. McCoy tled the rope around the foot of her daughter Helen, thirteen years old, and she was lowered, head downward, to the sidewalk, where the rope was untied and she was taken to a neizh- bor's house. While the rope was being untied Mra. McCoy, unable to stand the fire any longer, threw herself from the window. Bhe fel! headlong fifty feet, struck on a picket fence and was picked up uncon- scloun, Her side {s broken In and the surgeon at the Brooklyn City Hospital says she cannot recover, = priest from the Debevoise Street Ca.uullc Church was summoned. He inistered the last rites of the Church McCoy as she lay on the alde- Rescners Driven from Roof, Roberts and hia ccmpanton drew the rope up and held {t again in front of the window, but they could not save any others, and, as the fire was breaking through the roof, they were forced to HOTEL MAN BANKRUPT. _ Proprictor Talbot, of the Empire House, Syracuse, Fails. UTICA, N. ¥., July 31.—Ellis 'T. Talbot, Proprietor of the Empire House, Syra- cuse, has tiled a petition In bankruptcy, ‘The debts are placed at $10,673 and the assets at $4,209. The creditors are mosily Syracuse parties, and $3,00) Ia in opei accounts and over $1,100 due help. of the Christians. other. exile yesterday, abandon thelr position and escape over adjoining roofs. The firemen arrived noon after Mra. McCoy's fatal plunge. flames, and by means of ladders they entered the third floor, where they found and Edna lying near MeCoy, Willfam the front window. The children were carried down to the street on ladders, Dr. Briggs hastliy examined them and sald they were dead, McCoy was carried down the stalrway by the policemen after the fire had been conquered. He showed no signs of life. Dies in Ambulance. Dr. Packard, who had taken Mrs. M Coy to the Brooklyn City Hospital, turned In his ambulance and found that Edna was conscious, She died on the way to the hospital, Scorched. but Saved. Anthony Filant!, his wife and child, escaped by going through ai win- dow to the roof of an extension tn the rear of the building, and then going across to the house next door, which they entered through the window. They were scorched as they left their burning apartments and ed none of clothing. Tne total loss will amount to about | 3,000. The fire started in Robert: {s supposed to have ‘3 kitchen. They soon threw enough water on the fire to subdue the McCoy and Willte were pronounced dead by Dr. Packard. their THE WORLD: -FIREMEN’S DELAY E DEAD. BROOKLYN WOMEN TRIUMPH AT A NOVEL SHOE SOCIAL. Measurements at a Church Festival Show that They All Wear Number Two. Fitty pretty girls and as many men from the Church of the Holy Comforter, No. 47 Debevoise street, Brooklyn, walked up to the doorway of the parish house last night and confided to the dmorkeepers what number shoeg they wore. Then they paid money, In pro- Portion to the nature of thelr confl- dences, and to help rais ethe church debt. Thin ts the newest way of earning Tooney devteed by ‘Rey. R. M. Edwards, Pastor of the rch, and moat ingeni- ways to make his The shoe octal or- and he personally fginated with conducted {t. The idea wan to have a coorkeeper— A man—stt on the threshold with a tape him, measure, and make cents for every inch foot would cover.The deorkeeper—a man—took his piace early in the even- ing and hit upon hia Waterloo with the first guest at the lal, “Have my foot meanured? Well, I should gay not.” sald this young woman, rybody pay two the tape t coorkceper—a woman—war aubstituted. Hut the objection to the public and un- sheltered measuring ste held, and it le and cake would go quite by the board Then Rev, Edwards sped to the rescue. “Belect two door-keepera,” fe ald, authoritatively, “place the cloak-room ddoor and the man at the outalde entrance, ‘The men can tell the number of thelr shoes at the door | § and the women can tell at the cloak- room." S$ othe night waa saved and the sho 1 moved forward. y woman pald cents admission as gave to her shor woman is admitt for four « two crossed t It fw true sev- omen guests at the soc though they wore tw » help, receipts swelled to and thy hoe social on, a slzable and wtthdrew down the red brick walk. Kure, “My hoes are all mud," sald the netted a desirable amount. ond comer, “Won't ten cents do just us| Rev. Edwards has in mind for a com- well? ine attraction a social whose fag ta shall pa nt for every Inch of thelr After some hasty whiapera another I head's ercumterence. AUSTRIA MAY REVOLT AGAINST FIGHT TURKEY.) PRES. CASTRO. Orders Garrisons on War Footing to Pro- tect Christians. LONDON, July 31.—A despatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Budapeut says: In consequence of the agitation in Albania, Austria has ordered every garrison in Bosnia and Herzegovina) to be immediately placed on a war footing. Additional regiments leave Vienna this week for Serajevo and Banja- huka. All the officers on furlough have been ordered to rejoin their regiments. MUST PROTECT THE CHRISTIANS. . CONSTANTINOPLE, July 31.—The ex- cltement among the Albanians at Prish- mina 1s becoming more acute, The Christians are reported to be in a desperate condition and the Foretgn Ministers here have made renewed de- mands at the Yildiz Klosk that the Goy- ernment, protect the lives and property therif Safda Pasha waa recently ar- 1 at his House, together with twen- x guests, principally Egyptians. All were accused of an extensive conspiracy against the Sultan, and, with t Musaul mi rteen is were deepaiched into, Fitteen Thousand Ven- ezuelans May Meet in Battle. WILLEMBTAD, Island of Curacoa, July 3.—Dr. Rangel Gardirae, at the head of 5,000 men, has revolted against President Castro, of Venezuela. The Insurgents are near San Antonto de Tachira, on the Colombian frontier. The Venezuelan Government has rent 10,00 troops to the scene of the uprieins. ‘The altuation ts grave. Other outbreaks are expected. The whole country Is ready to rise against the arbitrary methods of President Cae tro, Constitutional guarantees have been suspended and complications with Co- lombla aro feared, MARTIAL LAW 1S DECLARED. WASHINGTON, July 31.—Tho State Department to-day received the follow ing telegram from the American Lega- tion at Caraca: “Martlal law has deen declared Venezuela by the Prosilent o try In consequence of the in: revolutionary force from Colombia —— Receiver to He Named. ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.—Th Bourse Committee has decide! on the appointment of for the a recel Donetz-Juret Metallurgical Company. The abilities aze evcimated at 10,246,608 roubles and the aesots at 9,162,712 roubles, ked as if the walting “soft drinks’ |) the woman at laid down eight or ten |{ WEDNESDAY A Great Pre-inventory Sale of 400 Ladies Dresses Divided into Three Special Lots, at $5.00, $7.50 ana 5/7. 75. They consist of Foulard Silks, Point ' d’Esprit, Organdie, Dimity, Net, Lawns, Chambrays and Mercerized materials; most beautiful and stylish costumes, originally priced from $12.50 to $27.50. SAtrt Waists a Very Low Prices Go- Morrow. 1,000 White Waists at 69 1,000 White Waists at IS 1,000 White Waists at 39 also, 3,000 Colored Waists at, 95,.50,.75 1. HE LEFT STAGE FOOD tor Last Played Together in ‘‘Hamlet.” The Rev, John C, Smiley of St. Edmund's Episcopal Ch ing the has accepted. the vel, Mount He ev. Walter Bentley, who has ye, sueceed- one to London to look after a branch of the Actors’ Church Allianee which ed in this country, Both of these young men left the stage for the pul- pit. Both were in the same company playing in “Hamlet” when they made the resolve to devote their lives to serious religious work. Rev. Mr. Smiley tells The Evening World of that part of his life embracing the most interesting transition; of the work in his new sphere and the humanizing influ- ence of stage assoc ions, BY REV, JOHN C. SMILEY, “All Task is to be tound faithful in this humble service for God and man and invoke Hisdivine aid and blessing upon all men." They are the be —the stage pe done Justice Mi 8 | Only=1 been the h in 1 have aire three times since | them. neither Mr. Hent me We w questi George both could do more ¢ night we aK wore ame in on my dre over—I a Me, and he with his i [It is all eo tong past now Tp Jet? was the lest p In, This was fat once at Syn and rem Las and 4 Thay the stags n year the theolos eminary 1. Edmund's. rl to say aguinat one vbjection to it to ace the slightest. dee on Itar steps. FOR THE PULPIT Smiley and Man Whom He Succeeds as Pas- since the day I mounted the Store closes at 5 o'clock daily, except Saturdays, when it clos:s at 12 o'clock Noon. | gfe Yruanaer dine THE best news we ever told is in preparation. The finest lot of Furniture ever brought together under-price is |; being arranged. Housekeepers, or prospective housekeepe | as they read this word, should make preparation day, if possible, or the first convenient day following. There will be every sort of furniture, from the lowest-priced to the most elegant. The values will be the greatest we have Of course we can make deliveries of goods at your convenience, The only important thing is to make your selections early in later on. \Ithe sale. ficient for the moment that over three-quarters be sold at the rate of $15 to $20 Worth in tomorrow morning’s papers. Plan today to come tomorrow. JOHN NO MALARIA IN CENTRAL PARK. At Least That Is What the Health Board Declares The Mosquito Theory and Circular. The members of the Board of Healthy ‘There ts no heaithter Dp and thetr sctentifc experta all vehe- | face of the earth than our Centra mently denied that the Board were) The monquitoee there are not about to make a ratd on the alleged | malarial species, and there ts nothing malaria pond and awamp Iands tn Cen-|in the idea that malaria comes from the tral Park to-day, and declared that! Central Park wan not a breeding place for malaria An Evening World reporter wae per- mitted to make a copy of the “morqul- which the ttwel?, It te criminal to frighten mothers #0 that they do not sick children into the park haps it te their only salvation the only DOOM DOO @ to" circular ¢ ton, wherelimans F) toart hash: along the lines MERreRinTet Sof the Andin { Sl oy the War Departm Z| the causes of malaria Malaria n Germ Disenae. The circular says that malarial fever jis a germ dine first appearel in| Mission ¢t a. A mosquite a peculiar y definite kind KRONE: shim, tn tn after ten days whitch fas and waich other human|ean be tdentifled byt tothat it beings nearly stands on its head when it stings Hut the health authoritles insist that] You, whl this Is not to be] with his hat tie a so they dare not! and finds th: found in Central Park |sin to frighten pe bables the teaetit of the only existence where they can get pure, fresh,[in this spotted mosquito, whic nfl air these hot days and nights. [common in Manhattan, though be generate Department Not Alnrmed, se{ Quito awell th the au over poaed prevalence! in the neighborhood of Cen-| And the poison goes \" tetas stings. After tte “We are not engaged nor entering | 197i ‘o ine, victim : L | alarious places,” #0 called. are ont. 0 for the drainage of the pa into a war for the drainage of the Park | yiaces where theee Movguitoem happen to wr filling up the lakes, und we have not| catch. maintia from man, and a ordered a special report from Dr, Her- man Biggs, vacteriologint to the depart- t, on the subdject. “We had him prepare a circular for fon of physicians and tne cause and prevention of | te ment with the reports! ent Burt this was/ ause of any alarm or because of fan public on th not any unusual spread of matarta. Tt was A far the purpose of keeping it down and| ing and for a t wiping It o&t altogether, f pomsible,” [of mularia. Cnee y Dr Bigge sald: “Let The Evening | mn: Wate World readers read the cular. It cov ad bill completely. We have no case agains: Ce 1 Park, There te no a | epdemic, no neare* Dr. Canby says Ite Rot, pd Pee “oaby. of ithe th fof minnows or other Dr. John B, Cosby, of the Health | Of 7M Board, sald Fifth—When you ¢ “AL! this talk about draining the park/ duce fiwh the Tarvac eat ponds ts rot. In ft te so silly it Hoh rruleu G wrth while diacussing it. The: in world as well kep iy as Central Park not take > park Likely to there ts some malaria @ Borough Tt te true | t Want “Parsifal’ 0 the ‘scare about Central] aespyin, July 3l—lump: mann and Hans petitton: ing. a th visitors v ng Bayreuth's "Paral Beyond the Usual copyright. » Spot Dillingham, of the Santtary He said: me h Rete to monopols | Dr. rH Bureau, was empha: Tomorrow Begin | Our Greatest |August Trade Sa of FURNITUR The details of the offerings are not ready at this writing. Suf- worth of Furniture is in our two stores, the larger part of which is tof, The whole story, with as many prices as we can print, will be WANAMAKER | Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth Ave., Ninth and Tenth Sts, | t might | John Bo Sexton, of the! It must first rial germ by! th, satd [stinging som. hae ut this department ja Marla. Then, rs, who are out of town s to come in on Thurs- ever given. of a million dollars’ for $10 STRANCER SHOT Police Searching fo Mysterious Person Victim Will Die. y are searching fOr? mysterious stranger ph Buckley while hear P 3 oop were James) e and two womens in conversation! axed man whom pone: front of them, f to tnke a seat beer Was then sent for and whil tri the at et Buckley way. pfused t ley thea strucig. in the fa stranger fired quickly from a fee the bullet striking Buckley. 1m . Buckley following hing: him saloon ‘at West 7 The Cure of Consumption: and Asthma e possible by a German doctog means of the Koch inhalation, rich absolutely ofls with healing: vapors the inside of the lungs by ine haling into these organs a vaporizes other, an@ years aga k thelr patients to publish} hat the world may know wonderful invention, whicht doctors $10,000 for the and the exclusive right to us: reatment in New York Cy. AUP f atment have bees} »hibived from using their cu of this cost these cures in their of the supervision y send it to the! © Company of -th at New York, ag 4 cured hundreds Cure already New York people. Hundreds of erat ath ts have pul expense thal nd yet hun= month tt pat r own n cured, die ever Bi: do for them with di un cure a single Cage court Investigatioals heir establish: » floors at 48 W, 22d , and 1234 Arch et.,! Pht , Pa. Consultation and’ on are free. If they can’ yy Will tell you so. ¥ Sdward Koch, the: im ming you the Dy vielts uns office In consultation, will be here again very soon, established the original Kochi, Cure three years ago, Co is free host Ui