New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-16
4 UOUAN BURNED To DEATH.

UNABLE TO FIND THE KY OF her ROOM AT A
HOTEL RosELLF
TIL, nrcttv village of Rosee y J.. on the Philadel
min and Reading Railroad abont seventeen miles
from New-York. had a disastrous fire yesterday IN
which the place lost its only hotel and OF the in
mates her lie 1t was about 2:4j n. when the wife
OF the proprietor George II. Pheger was awakened by
n suiiocaing feeling and she found her bedroom hlled
WIN smoke. Her efforts were then turned to arouse
her five children, who were sleeping IN adjoining
rooms and owing to the absence OF Der husband who
was in Philadelphia her task heavy one. but she
succeeded in awakening them all and without time to
put on any of clothing she carried the smalesttwo
in her AIMS aud Grove the Others before her down the
stairs the On her she gave the alarm to
Nj Cook who with his wife and child were the only
boarders N the hotel porter. G. Is Handy. who
sleeping upstairs had been awakened by the smoke,
and his night clothes hurried 10 warn the other ~
mates. When he found Mira Pheger and her children
wer, safe he then CROPPED his way to the thlrd story,
where the servants slept
Eiward j hnson, a waiter, was easily Awakened.
bn. the lauudress, johanna sullivan, was ohlV
awakened after much trouble lie says she cried ont
that she could not find the key to thr door, ana begged
him 20 burst II open. Handy threw us BODY against
the oor but cou not bulge II. but after awhile sue
coed ,d in breaking panel but the oman weighed
about 200 pounds, she unable to get through the
opening Meanwhile the flames bad made great head
W. =. and willie the waiter endcaVOllng to make
the opcn,ng door larger they burst INTO the hail
way and 10 save his life he was forced to leave the
woman her fate. For some time nef pilldNe cries
could be heard above the OF the flames. Several
attempts were afterwards made by volunteers from the
crowd but all forced back by the heat There
were thirteen persons the hotel ut the time, six OF
thon being children There s no fire department III
Rosclle; aid sent from ELIZABETH but there was
10 water to use.
The hotel was known Us the Windsor formerly the
Manson House. II was q thrce-story brick building
with mansard root. and was erected twelve years
ago by the Roselle Land aud Improvement Company
Ii cost S24 600 The company at that time was
composed OF A. ID. Hope. john Taylor Johnston.
Colonel James Moore. +. g. Brown. Sandiord Ross
and H. = BALDWIN. Some time ago the company was
DIVIDED and the hotel Tell to Colonel Moore, Mr. Brown
and Mr. Ross. The fire PROBABLY originated from the
explosion OF a lamp placed in the hall near the bath
rooms The electric lights had been removed on
Thursday. The losses about $50. 600 The build
ing was insured for SO 900, most ' IN foreign com
panies Mullins & Co lose $1,000 Frank Herman
kept a drug in corner OF the building. but
almost everything gotten out and he viii lose only
about 5000 he insured in the Commercial Union,
| of New. York The woman who was burned had been
in the country only few years. and had no relatives
her. The wife and children OF Mr.. Phegcr taken
! in by T. w. Leonard. Many OF the neighbors gave
them clothing and shoes for the children.