The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1904, Page 5

REM Koon OIKIN BATE ALIFE ABAD WITH RN Firemen and Spectators Made|8ig Crowd, Whose Fears Had Well-Dressed Young Man At: . Many Heroic Resoues of Wo- * men and Children at Fire} Started Among Chemicals. BLAZE BELIEVED TO BE WORK OF INCENDIARY, Started in Cellar of Crowded Tenement—Women Hurt by Giving Way of Awning, on Which They Had Taken Refuge. Another Brooklyn fire early to-day, Delieved by the police and Fire Mur- ebal to be incendiary, caused the In- Jury of five persons, three women and two men, The latter were firemen, and were hurt in thelr efforts to rescue the women from the flames, The fire was in w tenement house at No, 78 Fulton street, and atarted tn the cellar among a lot of chemivals. Tne police believe that the frebug! threw a match among the chemisais, fhe ground floor of the building was occupied by a drug store, while in the apartments above lived eight families. whe tlames are supposed to have sarted dn chemicals stored in the cellar, They had gained great headway before they were discovered and there floated up through the heated and smoke-Olled hallways fumes from the burning ohe: als, which made the house suffocating end hampered the firemen in their work. Forced Back by Fames, By the time the fire engines nad reached tae blaze the flames had eaten through the lower floor and were ai- tacking the stairway, shutting off escape to the street. Aa the cry of fire sounded through the house che tenants ran to the ball, only | to be furced back into their rooms by | the gas fymes. They ther took to the fire-escapes, and when the firemen ar- rived the escafes we® filled with screaming, halt-dressed men, women and children. . | Five women were forced from one escape to the top of the awning In fron, of the drug store. They were standing <n the awning when Firemen Jantus| McManus and Charles E. Brown, of ‘Truck Company No. 6, climbed up to them to pass them down by ladders shar hhad been extended, Buddenly the tame work of the awn- ing gave way, and the five women and two firemen were precipitated to the| pavement below. Florence Seabrook, twenty-two, suf-) fered Ip wound and a oroken arm. Hilda Richardson, ffty-elght, sus fained internal injui Delia Hill, twenty-etght, sustained @ @calp wound and a sprained back. Brown and McManua were severely @ut and brulsed. The other (wo women escaped serious burt. ‘The five injured persons were hur-| ried to the Cumoerlund Street Hospl- tal, How seriously injured they are} sould not be told until later, 7 ‘The fall of the awning and the fumes bad ¢ hindered the firemen in their | work that the flames were gaining jheadway, and it was feared that more \than one ‘fe would be lost. Several of the then . half blinded by the fumes, made th.t way through the apart. ments and carried women down the ladders, Heroes to Rescue, From the crowd on the street Fred- erick C, Willams and William Hen- Gricks rushed. it seemed certain death for them when they plunged through the burning hallway, and the crowd gasped. No one knew why they had entered the buruing building until on the top floor, leilf hidden in the smoke, the faces of two women were 5 They were fast lapsing into uncon. aclousness and their heads hung limp- ly over the window sills, The two men bounded through the flames and smoke, thelr clothes scorch. ing and thelr hair singeing, and broke fn the door of the apartment in which were the women. The crowd in the! Street saw them seize the women in| thelr arms. and a minute later, geting {rom weakness, tho two'h appeared and the women were s Adjoining the burning structu; the factory of the Bradbury ano Company, which it was feared at one time the flames would destroy, FAST SIDE SUBWAY TO OPEN TGA Regular Trains on Lenox Avenue Branch Will Start Without For- mal Ceremony Promptly at _ One Minute After Midnight, ‘The east sife branch of the subway opens at one minuto after miJnight to-night. There will be no official exercises to mark the opening. The first train will @tart from City Hall at 12.01, and there. ! after the trains leaving City Hall ata. tian will alternate, one-half to the east aide division and the other half to the west side division. The same division of the express trains will be made. General Manager Hediey said he Co pected no congestion of express tralne in the downtown terminal, beca’ extension as far as Fulton si will be ready in a few days and eight-cur trains'can be switched to it with ease, ae HIGGINS IN ALBANY. ALBANY, Noy, %—Lteut.-Gov, Hig- Br eh te Anat, and was at | “luo ite full capacity, and the operator Been Stirred by Baseless Rumors of Disaster, Welcome Passengers on Arrival, FIRST HEARD OF THE RUMOR BY WIRELESS. Surgeon-Gen. O'Reilly, U. S. A.» and Mme, Jannejomelli, Sing- er,Among Arrivals—False Re-| port Made Cable Business. —— es | An anxious crowd of husbands, wives, sisters, brothers and firat cousins were o nthe pier of the Red Star line to-day) when the Kroonland veered into her | place and was tied up. They were all | sutiafied then that the big steamer had not foundered somewhere In the middie | of the Atlantic, with all on boa) The passengers on ihe ship first heard of thé unfounded rumor of her loes when the Kroonland was off Fire Isl- and, Then Mrs, Lewis Warfield, of tus clty, received a wireless message from her husband, In a short time evory- body on boa! jearned of the disis.er that did not take place, There were a few self-congratulatory handshakes, and among the men a bottle ar wwo Was vroken, After that the wireless machine had all it could do to keep attuned to the sender on the land side, It was (axed | was worked overtime. One of the most anxious of weloomers was Mrs. R. M. O'Reilly, wife of the Surgeon-General o tthe United States Army, She heard the rumor In Washington on Sunday and started post-haste for New York, Hor | fears were somewhat abated upon her | arrival here, but the aigh of relief did | ot come until she saw Gen, O'Reilly | waving her a welcome from the rail of che ship. The officers of the ship were over- wheimed with messages when they landed. From the otne of the sea came cables from relatives and {riends all solicitous about the fate of the vessel and those vn board, The cable compantes reaped the benefit, :or | te return messages Were almce: equal in number to those sent from Europe, Charles B, Curtls, who was on the pier to receive his wite, came frum the West. He did not hear of the rumor uatil he arrived in New York. He said | to-day hat had he known of it svoner he feels sure he would have been ) as he hau Nad ali suria va! auiuy Lae sug NKINg wach his | wile wovard, Ai ns why supersti- | Lon-breeding happeniugs nad crowded | his jasc ew days wW the ful. When ne walked away with dirs, Curcis a weight) of ead dropped trom his soulders. | Among those who arrived were Mme. Jannejomelll, an opera singer; Charies | Waiters, counsellor (o the Belgian Le- gation at Washington, and John M. Bid. die, of Washington Mme. Jannejomelll is well known here, having sung at many soclety gather- ings last winter, Bhe expects to sign » contract with Conr.ed. Awalting Mrs. L. B. rris, mother. | Signature y of President Hadley, of Yair gna y ‘A number of telegram lo en col ~ WOMANS HOME COMPANION Christmas Number ~ Only IO Cents Most Superb Christmas Magazine. Splendid Short Stories. Finest Illustrations. MN “WHE WORLD: TURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2 a a eee CATARRH OF THE LUNGS OFTEN FIRST STAGE OF CONSUMPTION. STRIKES WOM tacks Proprietor of Jewelry Store as She Showed Him Tray of Watches, DODGES SECOND BLOW AND CHASES ASSAILANT.| With Blood Streaming from Head Plucky Woman Followed by Crowd Pursues Man, Who ls Captured by Police, a Mrs, Mary Miller, who keeps a smal! Jewelry store at No. 124 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, was reading a book in the rear of the place to-day when a well dressed, good-looking young man en- tered and dsked to see sone watches, Mra. Miller brought out a tray contain: {ng @ dozen watches and was pointing out thelr good qualities when the cus. tomer hauled @ short {fron bar out of perce ee ee ENCE KENAH, 2 ne Miss Florence E. Kenah. OI ee EL Ne I NTT ee This Pretty Girl Saved From Catarrh of the Lungs by Pe-rusna. 424 Marla street. Ottawa. Ont. writes ‘*Afow months ugo Teaught a severe ¢ ld, which seitled on his coat pocket and struck her over tho M9 Iuugs and remained there so persistently that I became head. alurmedl, It was a blow to lay a person out, but Ph apeecensy | upset and my head and bw “7 was advised to try Peruna, and although I had little faith, Tfelt sosick that I was ready to try anything, It brought me Mra. Miller ts a hardy woman, ‘and althouga stunted, she retained presence of mind enough to pull the tray back I took m diciue without benefit until my digestive begun to ache severely Vehind the counter and to dodge a ec. biessed relief at one», and d felt thacT had the right meuieine at ond vicious blow aimed at her last. Soeing game Wes UP the ma pa oatore and down Fifth avenue. | the blood streamin her head, tullowed, screaming tar hotn A crowd took up the chase and tae! man was captured at the corner of | Baltic treet He was taken to the Bergen street police station, where he gave bis name mes Smith and sald he was twenty-one years old. but nad| of no home, d, but nad u As soon as the man was toc! Veruna Mrw. Miller swooned from the ject NP | catareh lon. = A Seney Hospital ambulance | Velays are dangerous surgeon dressed the wound and she| Peru-na tor Colds and Catarrh, | The following interesting letter gives one | young woman's experience with Peruna Miss Rose. Gerbing. woman, of Crown Point. 1 took a long drive, being too thinly ela | id. which setued on my iunge and | ‘446 of hones whe | which | could not seem to shake of, Ont Diet Pay S Elke, | eard a xreat desl of Peruma for colds | ‘ went home. DEMAREST SENTENCED, ount Ex-Assemblyman Gets Six Months a bed co bad NYACK n blyman Fra in the F nd Supreme Court of fraud. was sentenced to-day by Justice Gaynor, at New City, to six Months imprisonment in the Rookiard Coupty Jail and to pay a fine of $1.00, Dem- arest took the sentence very cuolly, He| Will bexin setving Lime at once and che | fine will he promptly pald. As Demar- est yesterday oleaded guiity to all In- ictments ogainat him for fraud, ne cannot he tried again CASTORIA | For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the and rain. slush! have pure anu mud of No- Contracting Ca arth, “ to catarth | nas been used Few women escape Jpon the firet aymptome of should be taken. ft catching cold) 4 popular society aught | 124 ea) 1| 07 and on for twen N.Y, Nov. 2.--Ex-Assem. | tnd catarrh and J bought & Dottle to try k ¥, Dewarest, eo 1 am plewed that 1 db rest. Convicted Tt only took’ About two bot tles. and I consider thiv money well spent ‘You have a firm speedy rel'ef, Withiu three weeks I was complitely restored, and have enjoyed perfcot health since. “*T now have the greatest faith in Porana,.’’—Florence E. Kenah, eT to my friends, but 1 bottles to give to s to buy, and have ption that it ba peedy cure wherever it Rose Gerbing Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics, One reason why Peruna has found per not only advise its wu those without the votteed without brought about a | manent use in so many homes is that it tontains ao na Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug tabit. Peruna 4 t produce temporary nt in Its effect. the system. a b by rs ore 4 not be po auy drugs of a narcotic nature, Address Dr, Hartman, Prosident of The Hyrtman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohto All correspondence held strictly con and. {| fential Bright With the Christmas Spirit. 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