New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-12
NEW,JERSEY ITEMS.

Tuy UoBoKEy CALAMITY -THr INQUEsr Con-
cLrDED.-The inquest upon the bodies OF Mr. Bls'e
and three daughters who lost their lives by sufocs-
tior st the fire in Harmonic Hotel, Hobokeu on Fiji
day morning, WAS concluded before Coroner B)hn-
stedt and Jury Saturday evening. Although every
effort was made to ascertain the origin OF the hre, no
facts could be obtained by which the Jury could form
az opiuon az to whether the fire wss the result OF &C.
cdeut or design.
Many runors were afoat, which, upOn inyestiga-
tiop. turned out to be without foundation. It was
stated at the inquest that areport in circulation
that Mr. Bsese was known to have considerable
money in bis possession, which was missing Coroner
Bohnstedt said that he arrived a. the scene about 4
o'c ck that morning, and nu ediately took possess
sion Of the rooms where the unfortunate persons lost
their lives. lie found Mr.. B.s bank book with q
quantity of bills in i. as well silver, his watch
and other articles which he had since delivered over
to Mrs. Basss aud Mr. Knapp, and that nothing of i'm
portance was known to be missing.
A night Waterman, who was passing the hotel at "A
O'Clock that morning, saw light through the blinds
10 the bar-rcom, and heard person walking back
toward the billiard room, but thought nothing of it,
us be had frequently observed light in the houss at
late hous IL WAS also shown that the fire in the
range had burned very dull that day, which pre-
vented the daughter Mary from proceeding with the
ironing after o'clock in the evening.
Mrs. Baese aud daughter being unable to be pres
ent, Coroner Bobnstedt proceeded to the house OF
Mr. Corbet, where they are now stopping and took
their dispositions az follows:
May Base the deceased stated that abe
home shout ~ O'Clock on THURSDAY evenings there was sinai
party dancing aud sng thrinsces not In
the kitchen since u O'clock In tns evening" there WI" very
small fire tie put the last Goals IN tho IRE abon
b-lor I WAS W |
that there anything nfsmmabs near the stove or fanfe
day st the collection of rust ard SCOT and After
ward become very low e compel me 70 de''t om lt9nns
b. my father sleeping about hours wa, 'e2ng tho
rear iooln north corner having wniow toward thu orchestra
the other bed opposite ON North sd aud other
JouL eel ores slept tie small dark the north side st
G ,Ss ,nT 1 ~. .nocIed h from. @ de and cried
brirg "aocsd f'tber then came on. OF
CRYING Help bring - the airs aud door cannot
rad stairs brought hm jus. near The 'af~y the smoke
heat bips s,rops we bad to etrace our he then
eseo his hand from mine and went to my bedroom door, ne
.poir the time Of some papers IN h, bureau th' va. ,he a
room 10 the north window and putting cried
bu.- struck .ey-s a,eh-s aud gui,ed the in the hail.
bat the matches In the room would not ba - any account
mother from sonr the door and OPP ming after ca ne
in Told her ,hat it, which she die because % much 'nss
came il ny mother after 10 the window wn-n 10 at
tempting to &c cut fell TO tue balcony Mr. Heraa whom
calico and caught and took me 70 bis room A- win
dow the bead 10Y bed left open for veItaion aud the
door was cos-d aud locked was 10 Mr H"rhnss
bou,e the Of the premise. With fnen aud 9TH
and they mi1ht in house and axs them OUT
directly again, and again went up 10 'he sarrs all
the pointing way gto house they couli nave
the nsens smoke aud heat prevented
AZ one j 5H. B... ls Sf s.cs B.s fully cor
roborated her dau shters testimony.
Several Ut ier Witnesses were SWORD, an1 showed
that every effort possible made to rescue the un-
fortunate beings in the house, but for some time no
per-on could enter sccoun. Of the heat and smoke
Coroner Bobnstedt stated that lie had endeavored
TO produce all the evidence that could be obtained
throwing any light upon the Gaze, and believed fro
the facts before them that persoo was to blame.
The Jury. after retiring for feE moments, ren-
deIed tle following verdct:-"Ws, the Jury, find
that Charles Baese, Anna Theodore Base, Clara
B~se and Sophia B,ess came to their deaths by
sufloca,Ion Of smoke, at The Harmonic Hot', No. 20
HUDSON street, kept by Messrs. Baese & Kspp the
origin Of the FIRE being to the July unknown.
FrsgRAL OF MR. BAEsr AsD DAvGHrERs.-The
fu1ers Of M Baese and daughters took place yester-
day At ten clock, from Mr.. Banners Hotel in Hud-
son street. II was attended by the Hoboken German
Protective Society the Harmonic and Concorda
Societies. Of which Mr.. Bsese was a member; the
children of the School Rosenberg where the two
Youngest daughters attended; aud large concourse
of people from Hudson County and New-fork. The
funersl il saii TO be toe largest thai has ever taken
place in lobokep, there being not ess than from tive
to seven thousand persons present After services at
the hotel the bodies placed in four hesrses, and,
followed by large number of s'agss AMI carriages,
were conveyed to the Hoboken Cemetery for inter-
meIt.
TIE SUNpiY LAw-Tne lager beer establishments
OF Fssc avenue Hut-on CITY were In oo-rs'1n y.-'ef
cav week csys ls uoder'td ina tar IvDt
h.s biz n,~nou Of srr.srs hrr p-fs tue az
ot vio,ir law bat Will su-r comp.inA or ne PfPsr
hsvns the matter s.ttl,d cy the courts.
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