The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
THEIR Bed ADLAZE.
Three Small Children Mar
rowly Escape a Dread
full Death.
GOOD WORK OF THE FIREMEN.
Heavy Damage to Newark Ave-
nue. Buildings Caused by an
0yerheated Stoyepipe.

What threatened to be a serious frs
broke out last night in the millinery store
Of Mrs. Benjamin Parsons, No. e36 New
ark avenue Il is thought that the fire
was caused by an overheated stove plpe.
passing through the partition In the rear
Of the store
At twenty minutes past nine o'clock.
as Chanceman Hennsssy was pass
ing the store he saw smoke pour
ing ont Of the cracks in the door
and windows and breaking into the place
be found the rear OF the store mass Of
flame. He at once ran TO box No. Al at
the Five Corners. and gave the alarm.
Meanwhile Mr.. and Mrs. Parson rushed
out into the street calling fire. The nrst
intimatson tie family had Of the fire was
cracking sound in the rear of the
store while they were at supper. but
they supposed it was the high wind blow
ing old paper about In the yard. Mr.
Parsons was undeceived almost imme-
diately by the smoke pouring into the
ROOM He at once grabbed the cash box.
which contained all the ready money they
had. and then ran out
The IRE WAS burning fercely when the
firemen arrived. The buf lding Is small
frame one of two stories with garrsf.
the lower part being used for the store
and the upper part as the living rooms.
IL was dry as tinder and with the high
wind tanning 1t the firemen had a hard
JOB before them The alarm was an
swered promptly BY Engines Nos. 7. Q and
II and by H. and /. No. 3. The front OF
the store was smashed in and lines Of
hose carried through and turned upon
the flames, which had now eaten their
way into the side Of No. 63e. This
building is owned by the W0hleben
estate, the store was occupied by Charles
Williams as a barber shop. the first hoor
by George Field and family and the up
per floor BY Gustave LuckEeld and .
large family of children.
The fremen were unable to get &C the
core of the fire. as the building joined at
an angle and left rhree-corned 1ue be-
tween, up which the strong wind sucked
the flames until a shower of sparks fell
over the entire block. They ate their
way through the wall in the upper floor
of No. 63S and burned away the bed. in
which in q few minutes three Innocent
children would have been sleeping For
tunately they had not gone 20 bed but
were just on the point OF retiring when
| they heard the alarm
Mr.. Luckfield was in bed, but be pulled
on mis- clothes and hustled the family out
| OF doors. Everyone else was on the side
walk and out Of danger BY this time.
Many of the neighbors helped the occu-
| pauts of No. 63S TO remove some of their
belongings. but most OF those
present were too much in
| terested in the fierce battle
l against the flames. After an hours
/ hard work the flames were got under
control and were finally extinguished-
\ The entire building OF No. CSC was de-
stroyed, aud none of the stock was saved.
Mr.. Parsons had 81 500 insurance. which
viii abaut cover his loss No. 635 was
damaged by fire and water, but it IS all
/ covered by insurance except Luck1eld's.
aud he loses all he had. SIS his Insurance.
expired about four months ago E4ber's
shoe stare at No. 63s 1-2 was damaged
| by water, as were some of the upper
| floors. Had it not been for the brick
! wall of No. 634 the entire end Of the block
| would have been consumed The entire
damage done by the IRE is estimated at
about IS. 600. which is mostly covered by
| insurance. Parsons was insured In the
London and Lancashire Company.