New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-10
TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN HosoAsx
l FATnER AND HIS THREE DAUGHrk,s
SMOliIERED

mediaeiy sounded sod the meu sppe ar-d VII, 49,
nsus PsouPusude AID ced 80 entrance ineth. b.
ipg IL Was foSpd Impossible, hoycver, TO resol A
upper steres, where the oooupSsts sspt osag T. The
dslse smoke atG heat which 6lled .se house. Tho,
we're st The discovery Of the Gre eight persons
hsuse. viz Messrs Baese & Knapp, proprietor ~
Baace end d er our daughters and the vk eepes ~.
these, Mr. kspp, who suffered greatly from . ~.
hsrd, appears 70 have been kept s~aks BY the psin
60 tbsf when the arm vas sounded, be escaped siSA
coDPHahye ease after accusing Mr. Baese. Tee L.
ter ssd enc OF bis daughters, i6ye,rs OF age ,ppssse
have nsde an attempt TO escape; but, b.isg svse.
come by the rafocs,'ss atnoe pters. rank dosu ~
died in the hsl, just withoat the thrsshsA q tAAx
apartments. Two other daughters, assd 10 - 3
yesrs were found in bed having upccosciously pssss1
OUT Of existence. Mrs. Ba<se and her eldest dsseA-
ter escaped, by leapir2 from window spos the NJ
Of the piazza, whence they were rescued. niss
Baese, in her leap, cut her head and sr,iseA
Der ankle badly; her mosler escaped witbsst
injury, as did also the barkeeper. Df. Chaibs<t
readiness to direct the efforts for IT, reeuso
stion, but their endeavors proved utterly futile.
1t appears that the Harmoris Society lad bell =
the hotel on Thursday night, which did not break up
until l. a m. The people in the house then retired,
thoroughly out with their lsbors and were locked
in their fret sleep when the fire discovered II was
at least half hour after the fremen arrived before
they could 20 through the house, for although the
flames did not extend beyond the billiard ssloon %
the first floor, yet the heat ard smoke were 30 desss
throughout the house that the veneers peeled oG
and the pain. bhstered under its inaaeuce. The
building but slightly injured The bodies Of The
deceased were removed to the office of asce Crane.
where inquest was subsequently byuu.
STATEMENT OF MR.. HERRING.
Mr. John w. Herring, who resides in the house Cd
joining states that he was awakened by the cries Of
the eldest daughter, Mary who was calling out fran.
ticay 10 be saved. He sprang out upon the roof q
the piazza front of bis house and Mary hsngag
out of half window in the attic, and told her -
jump. She did SO, and struck upon window.blind -
the second story below which standing hall open.
which caused her to fall against the window by which
she cut severely the foot and about the fsoe.
Mr.. Herring tore down the lsttice-work dividing the
two pazzas ard conveyed the nsensibe girl into his
dwelling He then out again and drew up .
ladder and assisted Mrs. Baese down in safety Kspp
escaped by jumping from the window Of his bedrooa
to the piazza. lie was awakened by the cries Of oss
Of the girls and opening the door found that the house
was on fire. and heard Mr. Baese telling his daughter
that he would assist them. lie could not any Of
them, ana the smoke anu nea' iofceu III" w 'csV
from the window. The fire confined 70 the bsss-
men', wne'e 1t must nave pes" puinOs ''"'' I ",,,
-, -, ,ha a. .hov. Tn. bod;as Of thu v,ctio.a
we're removed to building on the premises Of az
Coroner Crane. The nques. was commenced ysster.
day afternoon, before Coroner r. w. Bohastedt, q
the Harmonic Hotel. After partial Investigators, ~
the origin Of the fire coud no, bs ascert aimed and q
NJ ard h.r .Isuohtaf M AHA IN h
r,.ssr, tte no,o.t WA. sd;ou,,ss until today
TuE r,sIIao,y.
John Lewis deposed-i am Assistant Engineer Of TIE
Hob ken Fire DEPARTMENT came 70 the Or. about y SsGss
Ba,e and If the children were up stairs ..ortt.ne!
wa, u m so on hs be- .. S
p isT. t:.:ssI.s Y; s.s::
urnpi body ADna and eped carry d'.o,
yias there .ppMeDty ssssp pissed Asn nrsss
and carried the other myse thought they bad bsse AssA
va. mad. could @
the density Of tho smoke have % luowlsdss . The ots
S hs .s lf o% s the q i. basement s @
when rtesd the aeyway tho .eM Of the boss:
| to have caught .moGs. pile Of tables:
| Ferdinand Kapp, sworn: I ives partner Of NJ.
srs ,hs business was Dot then closed M BIsse came hs.s
but do not how ~ben they left swoLs sSou, M ooiooI
ard beard them still there rsp In the font Gomez room %
ing got Up md opensd door, spd snots Ass
op,hsd ne sn MA he .os hD them sm,sS ~, Of
The window in Of tn. heat and ;nois .1d ,S.se
bsrs wee b,r ss than usual IN the kitchen iron By .s
did servant air, bot t.ys peI.I who doe: 1s :..sS
E oua ~ We ss.,. eft The inside doors open ,hroassu Ii:
house when jumped opoa the p...1 ~ -, ~ a,
.sy a. to Ire origin Of the Ere; quantity q ah
~; md eh'' which had been stored In ns A'"'' ''
John w. Herring, sworn reside in he ns1t house
north No n hud'Gu about Soscs y THIS aaS ave