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Pike County Press
Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania
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A fire in a Brooklyn tenement house at 311 Van Brunt St. on Nov. 7 suffocated six members of the Ryan family by smoke on the fourth floor. The blaze started from a gas jet in a first-floor liquor shop; other occupants were rescued unharmed.
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Six Persons Meet Death In a Brooklyn Tenement House.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 7.--The four story tenement building at 311 Van Brunt street caught fire shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, and before the flames were extinguished Charles Ryan, 45 years old; his wife Ellen, also 45 years old, and their four children, Johanna, 20 years old; Sarah, 15; Maggie, 14, and Lizzie, 12, were suffocated by the smoke. They occupied the fourth floor of the building and were found dead by the police when the building was searched after the fire was extinguished. They were all in bed and had not been touched by the flames.
The fire started from a gas jet on the first floor, which was occupied by Patrick Finnegan, who kept a liquor shop. The second floor was occupied by Margaret Welsh and her four children, and they were rescued by the police unharmed. The third floor was empty.
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Brooklyn, 311 Van Brunt Street
Event Date
Nov. 7
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charles ryan, 45; ellen ryan, 45; johanna ryan, 20; sarah ryan, 15; maggie ryan, 14; lizzie ryan, 12 suffocated by smoke. margaret welsh and her four children rescued unharmed. third floor empty.
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Four-story tenement building caught fire shortly after 1 o'clock this morning from a gas jet on the first floor liquor shop occupied by Patrick Finnegan. The Ryan family on the fourth floor suffocated by smoke while in bed and were found dead by police after fire extinguished. They were not touched by flames.