The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1904, Page 3

THE WORLD: SATUR. > TWO FIREMEN KILLED, | = | ‘ { 4 | Se — runt Explosion in the Wiener Building Dur- ing Progress of Blaze in Factory of Empire Gear and Top Company Re- sults in Collapse ot Wall. Chief Kiersted Is Knocked from Lad- der When Directing Work of His Men and Had Narrow Escape from Death—Several Injured Will Die. THE DEAD. BLEYHLE, JACOB, No, 8 Truck, CRANE, WILLIAM B., No. 8 Engine. THE INJURED, NEREAUTH, Captain, Engine No. 2. O'CONNOR, WALTER, Engine No. 1. DENDER, R. E., Engine No. 1. | PETHRSOS, H.C, Engine No. 3. CARY, W. J., Engine No. 1, DONOHU gine No. KINCHER, J. B., Engine No. 10, sa KIERSTED, ROBERT, Fire Chief. | ymEZI, C. &., Engine No. 10. LYONS, R. J., Engine No. 7. | WOLF, Captain, Engine No. 3. DIORGAN, KR. R., Battalion € NEWARK, N. J., April 23.—Twe firemen were killed and sixteen others injured at a fire that started early this morning in the six-story brick building at Nos. 85 to 89 Mechanic street, occupied by Wiener & Co., sad- dlery hardware manufacturers. While the fire was at its height a score of firemen were on the roof of the buiding of the Empire Gear and Top Com. , pany, \a one-story brick structure between the Wiener Building and a ‘three-story factory at No. 85. There was an explosion on the top floor of the Wiener Building that blew out the front and side walls down to the second story and buried the firzmen on the roof of the one-story structure under a pile of bricks and saddlery merchandise. Three of the firemen were supposed to .be dying when taken out and'two of them did die on the way to the hos- pital, but Lieut. Donohue, of No. 7 Engine, rallied when it appeared there was no he;- for him, Four other firemen are so seriously hurt that it is feared death may result. CHIEF KNOCKED FROM LADDER. The fire was so hot that it became necessary to fight it- from clase quarters, and Chief Engineer Kiersted ordered seventeen men to go to the roof of the one-story building adjoining the Wiener structure, some ‘of them to play on the flames and others to wet down the factory build- ing at No. 85. Above these men four stories towered the hot walls of the heavily loaded Wiener structure. . Chief Kiersted was climbing up a ladder to the roof of the one- story building when the explosion happened. A heavy wooden and metal window frame, 5x3 feet, was blown oyt of the Wiener Building, and struck him, knocking him from the ladder. Every man on the roof was buried in the wreckage. All Engines Called. The fire started in the five-story building of Weiner & Co., at No. 89 Mechanic street. The blaze was disvovered shortly before 5 o'clock, and was bo serious that all of the engines in Newark were callel to fight it. Weiner & Co. are saddle and harness manufacturers, and the combustible material in the factory threatenod to spread the flames to the surrounding property. Under Fire Chief Robert Kiersted the firemen were directed to play water ‘on the buildings at Nos. 85 and 87 Mechanic street. “The flames spread from the Weiner Building at No. 87, and were working their way to the adjoining building at No. 85. A cry of horror went up from the firemen who escaped and those in the streets. Instantly hose lines were dropped and the firemen went to the rescue of their companions, The bricks that covered their bodies were burning hot to the touch, but the rescuers forgot their own pain in their qwork of rescue. Smoking bricks were hurled abcut, and as the men worked the fire in the buildings. now almost without opposition, ate its way closer and closer to them. -One Body Recovered. The first man te de got from under the ruins was Bleyle. His body was mangled and crushed, and the clothes on his body were almost burnt off by the hot bricks. : “All of them are dead!" was a cry that went up. ' Hundreds of citizens had gathered at the fire. They turned to and aided the firemen in their work of uncovering their buried companions. One by one-the buried firemen were got out from under the smoking pile of ruins until nineteen men lay side by side on the pavement in front of the building. NAPHTHA CAUSED EXPLOSION. The explosion was caused from a quantity of naphtha, which was Kept in the Wiener Saddlery concern for use in japanning. There was other ex- plosive material in the building and the place has been on fire several times before, but no blaze previously was attended by casualties. ‘There will be a searching investigation into the causes of the collapse of the Wiener building, which was supposed by the firemen to be a strong styucture. Now, it is asserted, that the building was originally three stories high and that the foundation was built only for that height, not- withstanding which two additional stories were added. MAYOR’S NAVAL CALLERS, Admiral Rodgers and a Lieutenant Visit the City Hall. HIS WIFE DIDN’T TESTIFY. Elias Mattee Corrects m Ree Mayor McClellan was ceremoniously visited to-day by Rear-Admiral Fred- erick Rodgers, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy-Yard, and Lieut, H. C. Poundstone, both being in full dress ‘uniform, It was the annual visit of the Com- mandant to New York's Mayor. Rear- Admiral Rodgers invited Mayor Mo- Clellan to visit him in turn at the Navy-Yard, which the Mayor agreed to or appointing next Saturday as the ime. Last year Mayor Low went to the Navy-Yard aboard his steam yacht. Mayor McClellan will dash across the bridge in his new auto. Later on. Rear-Admiral Rodgers called on Police Commissioner McAdoo and ‘was introduved to all of the Inspectors, eos DROWNED AT HONOLULU. HONOLULU, April 23.—W. 8. Crouch, whose body arrived here on the steam- er Korea, was drowned while bathing fn the surf at Walkiki. Many bal To the Editor of The Evening Wort Dear Sir—My attention has been called to an article published in your paper that in a proceeding recently had in the First District Police Court, my wife, in abandonment proceedings, testified that in her carly days she wi Posseased of great wealth, had slaves ut her command, and on our marriage fee siven me $30,000, T at that time be- poor money changer in Ej That subsequently I. failed aid ase to this country with $25,000 saved trom the failure, and now I was casting her off and abandoned her without support. Permit me to say in contradiction that my wife did not testify at all; the hearing was an informal one, without Any testimony being taken for elther side. The alleged statement is untrue, My wife possessed neither’ wealth nor slaves, ual enioyed fe while | my RUSSIANS 9OOO0-06004-8.5OO6-68:9:3:0.96- oe error oF DOOD renee Se rare ee IN PANIC SIW QAUGHTER {AUTO N CRASH MILL HERSELF) WITH 2 TOLLE Mother of Beautiful Felice Ve Anna, a Girl of Nineteen, Was Powerless to Prevent Her from Cummitting Suicide. Felice Ve Anna, a beautiful girl of nineteen years, drank a bottle of car- bolfe acid in the presence of her moth- er to-day in the dining-room of their home, No. 46 Madison street, The girl was formerly a cashier in a restaurant in the Wall street district, and had lately been out of @ position. Felice had many admirers. It is said that her eyes were of such brilliance that the men Tingered long and often over the desk at -whioh she presided just to talk to the beautiful girl. ‘The young girl was sitting talking to her mother just after breakfast had been finished. Mas. Ve Anna said something to her daughter about going out and trying to get work. Felice replied: led: “Walt, mother, I'l go right now and see if I can get @ job.” She then left the house and soon after returned. ‘Well, Pve got the job, all right,” the girl sald, cheerfly, “I'll taloe it now.” 4 She then took out of her pocket a bottle of carbolic acid which she bought at a drug store in the neighborhood ‘and drained ft of its contents. Mrs, ‘Ve Anna rushed out of the house and found Policeman Vose, of the Oak street station. When they entered the ponse they found Felice dead under the the girl.lost her position about two weeks ago'on account of complaints, It Is said, of a patron whose attentions annoyed her. 1 GETS SIX-CENT VERDICT. Second Trial of Williamson Libel Sal t The World. An: action for $50,000 for libel, brought by Frederick Williamson, of Brooklyn, against The World, was tried before Justice Rogers and « jury in the Su-| yy preme Court yesterday. Willilameon was the first mate of the ship Cyrus Wakefield. During a voyage to the New Falkland Islands in 1899 the Wakefield's captain wee Killed, Unfounded rumors were widely circulated at the time that the captain died from injuries received in @ quarrel with the mate, The World published these rumors. Williamson's suit against The World, which was brought. five years ago, was first tried more than a year ago, and resulted in a verdict of Six cents. This was sot aside upon motion of the laintig, and an’ appeal was taken by he World to the Appellate Division, whichsaffirmed the order, The second trial occupied two days. World did not Justity the chase, ut presented to the Court and jury ail the facts circumstances which led Othe publication of the erroneous tatement, which, applied to Willlam- if e. The collection a ne World had In: volved ‘set ing commissioners to the South Pacific islands-and taking deposi- fions of witnesses in most distant parts of the world. "The Court, in its charge, left the ques- tlon of punitive or exemplary damages J G ing that in gatirely iO the piaintf the jury: might ward any damages from six cents to 000, The jul returned a verdict for six cents—exactly as the first jury had a jone a year Me Tie, oiaintit was represented by Bene- dict & Benedict, the eminent admiralty ‘The World was represented jen. Wi, Gerard, of Bowers & + an A Phot Lait peered ites ot whose legal gid humorous Eramike: up for the defense occupied more than an hour, eae eiiae ORDERED RUM IN CHURCH. Policeman Dragged alley Out and He Wan Fined $10, Joseph O'Malley, who refused his ad dress, was’ possessed of a deep-rooted thirst last night and white in quest of the necessary tellef_ wandered into the Paullst. Fathers’ Church, ifty-ninth street and Columbus avenue, and bols- terously shouted ‘for the bartender to give him a drink, ‘No one else was in the chursh, and as nO one appeared to serve the ‘ordered rink O'Malley shouted. and raved. eceh e. McCormack, of the y street stat ear oar dragged ‘O'Malley out rig BB am Driver Crossed Over from One Track on Broadway and Was Struck by Car Going in Op- posite Direction. A north bound and a gouth bound Broadway car played ping pong with an automobile cab between Houston and Prince streets to-day, and the re- sult fs that two persons are in the hos- pital, several are suffering from cuts by’ glass and from the panto it inoited, and a wrecked automobile delayed traf-| gomeboay eet up @ cry of “Fire!” to- fic in the world’s busiest vehicular thoroughfare, William McWeeney, of No. 2006 Second | Sixty-etghth steering an automobile | causing fifteen hundred women and girls hansom down Broadway, following the] to flee from the building panic-stricken. avenue, was southbound car, when it stopped sud- denly and he attempted to cross to the northbound tracks, and immediately he was struck in the face by the front of | three sustained injuries. One woman's @ northbound oar. This impact wae-so terrific that ft not} the crush and a man received contusions only knocked all the batteries out of cab Here it was hit again from the rear by ren 3 DOUBLE PANIC CLOSES FACTORY Fifteen Hundred Women and Girls, Terrorized hy False} Alarms of Fire, Flee Shrieking | from Building. | day in a big cigar menufactory at street and Avenue A. It fs diMoult to understand that many were not killed and maimed, but only skull was fractured, one was bruised in on the head and body. DAY EVENING, APRIT, 23, 190. IN ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE YALU—MANY ARE DROWNED. (Drawn by George N. McEvoy for The Evening World from Cabled Descriptions.) ex ESSDLOHHHVE SGD & . : HO9 “ gaits CONDE ENDS BROKERS LIFE Lessels Registered Under an Assumed Name at a Hotel Near His Home and Commit: ted Suicide There. bod HAD STARTED ON TRIP TO WESTERN COAST. Returned from Philadelphia for No Explained Reason, After Telegraphing to Wife that He Was Well. Coroner's Physician Wuest discovered what he considers unmistakable evi- dences of cyanide of potassium polson- ing in an examination of the body of George W. Leasels, of No. 387 1-2 Jeffer~ son avenue, Brooklyn, a broker: of the ‘onsolidateg Exchapge, found to-dey in a room of the Hotel Carlton, at the foot of Broadway. Lessela went to the hotel last night and registered under the name of George W. Wilson. Much mystery hangs over the death of, Lessels, At his home to-day it was said that he left Brooklyn last Wednesday \ for San Francico. He had complained of indigestion and his physicians hed told him that unless he were careful * he would be subject to epoplexy. When i he arrived in Philadelphia he wired to : his wife that he was in good health Ps and was taken to the Presbyterian Hos- Mary Arra, of No, 120 Columbus avenue, was alxo Injured in the crush on the stairs, but wan taken to her home. No sogner hi reached pital. rome a Another Pantie. Then when the girls had become quiet the southbound car following the carland had returned to thélr work the which MoWeeney had first tried dodge. The second impact knocked Mo- Weeney from his seat to the sidewalk, the chauffeur receiving a broken wrist and sustaining several rcalp wounds with a concussion of the brain, ~ On the platform of the north bound car was W. F. Stanley, of No, 817 Pu- laski street, Brooklyn, His right hand was severely cut by glass and his face was bruised, Boy Caught Under Car Wheels. After the auto had tried to cross to! the northbound track Jacob Roettér, a boy living at No, 105 East Fourth street, attempted to cross to the other side of the street. Hi caught under the wheels of the le auto in Lhe northbound car. Hundreds or persons passing along | the sidewalks saw the boy fall. Detec: | Uye-Sergt. Kelly, of Headquarts and | the rebound from | © clangor of engines coming up the street was heard again. It threw the factory hands into another panic, The same frenzy took hold of the: women, who again made a rush to the stairs and fire-escapes. Rnundsman Dunphy and Policeman Finley and Hastings, realiz- ing that the panic would be repeated, climbed up the fire-escapes and drove the women into the building. 5 By this time the girls had become so overwrought that the managers of the factory had to dismiss them for the The factory was girls, came from Seventieth street and Avenue A. Escapes Almost Miraculous, r, Oscar Meyer, of Mount Vernon, were among the crowd, and they ran in and pulled the lad out. A call brought an ‘ambulance from St. Vincent's Hospital with Dr. Shana- Before it arrived Broadway saw | one of its worst jams In years. The great streams of north and southbound Vehicular traffic were blocked for a quarter of a mile. | Reserves Called Out. | The reserves were called from the Mercer street and Mulberry street sta- tions, and they tried to keep the crowds back. The ambulance was compelled to drive over the sidewalk to the injured persons. was ly found hecessary by the police to pull the vehicles out of the mass and send them out of Broadway into the side streets. It took an hour to restore Broadway as a thoroughfare. The boy Roetter hag recelved an in- fienture of tho skull, besides po internal injuries, and he and McWeent to were taken at. Vincent's Hospital The othe ho Were bruised and cut, were attended by doctors in the neigh- borhood. In the two cars which bounced automobile between them there wa: panic of the vassengers, but only on the northbound car was any one In- jured. pk MRS. J. G. WILSON’S WILL. ‘the first alarm went up from the sec- It was just ten minutes to 8 when ond floor, Five minutes later the build- ing was emptied of occupants. Luckily tho staircases in the structure are broad and the fire authorities have seen to it that there are sufficient escapes, Under ordinary circumstances they would accommodate the full capacity of the structure, but to-day, with a panto obtaining, they were crowded so that it adds to the seemingly miraculous the passing of the incident without casual- thes. The bullding 1s owned and occupied by Hirachorn, Mack & Co., cigar manu- facturers. It is seven stories in height, and the second floor is used by the rib- | bon department. It was there that the panic fiend started his scare, There was not a sign of smoke anywhere, not a breath of steam even; nothing to Indicate the presence of fire; but the employees, shrieking as if in pain, ran from their benches into the corridors. Foreman Eichengreen tried to quiet them, but the women and girls swept him aside and he narowly escaped being trampled to death. ‘The cries from the second floor rang and in an instant being enacted on Annuity of $2,000 ¢or Her Husband, Daughter Getting Residue, | The will of Jane E. 8, Wilson, wife of Sie, dames Grant Wilson, filed to-di leaves an annulty: of §2,000 to Mr. son out of the rents of the houses, OB. 4 and 42 Kast Thirtleth street. ‘The residue of the estate fs bequeathed to their duuahter, Miss Mary Af IC. Wilson. who lives’ with her father ai No. 15. Bast. Seventy-fourth atreet, whore Mrs, Wilson died on April 10 The will was executed Nov, 27, 1893, weseceet te NO BETTING BY MAIL. Pont-Office Department Holds It a Violation of Lottery Law. ASHINGTON, April 23.—In deciding. ‘ase of a western turf inveatment| The name of the woman who fell from concern Assistant Attorney-General | the fire-escape Js Marla. Montany Rabb, of the Post-Office Department, |twenty-elaht years old, of No, 22 East hajds that the bui ving vets |One Hundred and Seventh street. Her through the building, scenes were Hurled Out of Way. Windows were broken, doors burst through to get to exits ond fire-escapes. Men from the clerical forces down stairs, under the leadership of Edward Mandell, a bookkeeper, saw the danger ahead if these conditicns continued and they ‘tried to reason with the fright- ened women. | They were hurled out of the way as} Elchengreen had been and were forced to flee to save themselves from being knocked down and maimed In the strug- | gle that was being made to reach the { street. w te place on the races js plation of | skull was fractured, Lutgi Cavalier therlaw orontbitine lotteries and ames {twenty years old, was crushed in the ‘rhe concern, therefore ie prohibited} crowd on the stairs, He is suffering from. using the mails, rom contusions of the head and boy, box sent for the Fire Department. one Headquarters, and the re East Sixty-eight street station sent to the soene on the jump. ‘The majority of the employees of the fadtory are Italians, and their highly excitable natures added much to. the Aimiculty of the police in those who had fled from the building and those who were just going to work that there was no danger to be feared. If the person who caused the danger- and intended to continue his trip to f the Pacific coast. i Dr. Wu discovered that the body ‘had been embalmed without an order from the Coroner. Despite the presence of the embalming fluid the marks of 3! the cyanide poleon were positive. Dr. et ‘Wuest removed the stomach of the dead man for further examination. Detec- tives have been assigned to the and they will investigate the circumstances of the death at once. Why Lessels should have backed tracks is not known. He was only within a ten minutes ride from his own home when he took a room at the Carlton. His wife said that she knew of no reason for suicide. Lessels leaves a widow and two children. He was well known on the Exchange as an oll broker, He was prominent in the Royal Arcanum, ous panic can be found he or she will be prosecuted. Twenty.five Girls in Panic. There was a brief panic in the paper- box factory of I. Lessen, at No. 8 Bow- ery, to-day. Fire started in @ heap of paper and boxes on the third floor. There Were twenty-five girls working on the floor above and when they saw the smoke curling up the stairs they fled in wild confusion. Henry Palet, the foreman of the tac- tory, assisted’ in getting the girls out safely and the firemen had little aim- culty In putting out the blaze. ae RESERVATION TO BE OPENED. WASHINGTON, April 23.—President’ Roosevelt to-day signed the bill openin; 416,000 acres of the Rosebud Indian r ervation in Gregory County, 8. 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