The sun., 1889-11-30
A BIG BLAZE IN KEYPORT.
FIVE LARGE STORES AND SOME
SMALLER BUILDINGS Burned.

An ERort 20 Recover Valuable Papers Costs
Jacob Leyrer IIis LIfe-Two Other Fer
sons Believed to be MertaIIy IRIured.
KEYPoRT, Nov. ga fire caused by the
boiling over OF pot Of lard in which some
crullers were being fried In the bakery Of
Jacob Leyrer & Sons, In Front street caused
the loss OF one human life. the supposed NOR
tai injurlnR Of two other persons, and loss OF
about $4,000 worth Of property 1t looked at
one time as II nearly the entire town would he
destroyed. Tho young people Of the town
turned out last night in big force st the ball Of
the Odd Fellows lodge. Among the dancers
were Jacob Leyrer. Jr.. and George Leyrer, the
two sons OF the baker. They went home
shortly before O'Clock this morning,
and at once began their days work.
Jacob. Jr., and Jacob. Sr., began frying
old-fashioned crullers in q pot OF lard. The
lard boiled over and iRnited. The two men
tried In vain to extinEuish the flames, and
finally were compelled to Zee for their lives
Jacob. Jr., was severely burned about the
breast and head, and will probably die. His
mother Mrs. Dora Leyrer, was also burned
about the head. She fell while running down
stairs and broke her leg. She is 80 badly In
Sd That hsS fSs The
tlon OF the town turned out to dght the flames
and remove goods from the nearest buildings;
ing. Jacob Leyrer. sr.; was. heard to say, I
must have my papers" and then he, dashed
Ing building: That was val the last seen Of him
until his body was found six hours later under
a macs Of brick and burned tim bers
oft6e town Is q long truck loaded with ladders,
hooks, fire buckets and axes. This was hauled
ened and she opened communication with the
surrounding towns and made requests for
ElRino COmDanY OF Mnttawan who hnya
old-fashioned brake machine, sood reached the
FIRE fire. The amee S spreaS beth east and west
Eas blowing Scattered SIF blazing schipss
and cRidreS formed nss and earTed sSorg
thing movable In adioininG buildings ont Of
cages croefsry, Clocks and ali other Kids Of
several BLOCKS. whore they were stored Il n front
men worked I hard. Snt TN in spite ef Their shorts
the fire spread rapidly, 1t finally reached the
corner OF Front and Main streets. This con-
tanned stock Of dry goods. boots and shoes,
short time the store and it's contents became
furnace. The flames rose 200 feet, and the
light Nm fire tbs fOB s
came so hot that the paint was blistered and
they smoked in many places. The frepen
Blocks store and thus prevented the spread
Of tho flames down Main street. The stroam
JTOm LuO euRlno WdB tn6u DIOubnb TO D6hT upon
the store OF Thomas H. Roberts & Co.. and,
after considerable difficulty. tho fire was under
control. Five big stores and several small
ones had been consumed. and ten families
who lived over them were rendered homeless.
Three little one-story buildings were also
burned down.
Before the ruins were fairly cool the flremen
began searching for the body OF Jacob Leyrer,
Sr., and soon found it,. He was burned almost
beyond recognition Under his right arm wero
the half-burned papers which had cost him his
life; :, They we're partly protected by his body,
The loss sag aggregates ISL nearly s75o o6o W " ee The in
;surance & foGts up $1,000 Alexander Sd Hooks
NJ. Schultz lost q stock OF teas worth $4,000. |
Mrs; Anna L. Conoyer's building was valued Mt
Seabrook; The building OF the Stout estate
was worth $4,000: The Leyrer family,s ttnan-
grocery and crockery was worth $4,000 Mr.. |
Levy lost lot OF clothing valued at $500. He |
was insured for S2 500. and received his insur-
ance policies only last. night. Thomas Il. |
Roberts Co. estimate their loss at $4,000. and |
Thomas l.. SeabrooK's building was damaged |
TO the extent OF $780, Other losses are small. |