New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-11
NEWS FROM NEW JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.
TIE BIG BLAZE OF SATURDAY MIGHT

TIE BIG BLAZE OF SAIuKDAi Ni"ii''
Thousands II people yesterday walked up ana down
Newarkave. and looked at the ruins caused w INC
fire the nicht before. The work OF the flames imd
been thorough and Of the largest stores on l'o
avenue had been reduced - ashes and brck ana Quiet
tuildings had suffered considerably AS Inc Tribune
published yesterday, the fire broke out on the soo'u
floor OF the drygoOds and notion store Of ChaTlcs o.
Furst at No. 81 Newark ave The buDdIhs was
tbr,e-story brick structure with large " L III Uhc
rear which ran behind the store of ID. h. oIhlsteau
d; Co. a four-story brick building. The Oa]e was
first observed by Edward Whaen ana Chr'SI 'p"oi
Smith who were standing in mont OF uc Nc" 'iN,"
Uouse Whalen ran to ire-boX NO. IA ana 0.'''"'
realizing that the fire would be a serious ono' ou
in the street DOR Of the Omstead buiini"6 '''u
lorocd ,he three families who lived over the SHOP
rhc fin, began I'm quantity Of co;on-batuhe' III 'no
,,or OF Fur-t's store Within SIX or seven "'i
from IFS discovery the building was aoRize iI' ,
first floor 10 the third, ard five nllhuUcS i"''' a.,
fire burst through the roof and had eA'elu0u N nr
rear o, the building TO the front. Ab'ut .a.
49,. ro,, -. tho tuildinr the Pennsylvania Elevated
Railroad rms md between it and thc Duluii'e "
go A,r The Gremen ran hose through
Oscar Fackert's furnishing store ""i'" go ar.e
stead's, to the roadway and lousn' NV ,ro,n
from there, while othcf oo,, and
,aycd on the burning building from seVef'i iooio
49, ..,., go In bolf an hour it became certain
,ba. tho fro vonld extend TO the large olo'''''o
owned bv the estate OF George W. CienheW' d. .no
10 NewarI.-ave. The combined efforts Vi "r, ord
entire Fire Department failed 10 PIo'" tnoarc n
soon after the fire penetrated 'h's sU troyinr
total loss While the fire was i"l'u'' L
Clerjhews store IT extended west 10 tic S' arI
'natooo & 70 No. 81 Newark ave, dry -eoooS am
-, sbon The rear Of this building was o""e
hout 81 900. but the principal loss was 10 'no so
d. , o.clo,L the fire had extended from 'ic'4n0"
an. "Roston.s a four story Lrck buiiuins' 'u' ~
pnncipal damage done was by "e'er' ,,, M
The estimated losses are AS loHo"s' y rrret
~ owned by william Rochc anu N"' rurst
so, Oo0 and on stock owned by 'h'Io' " rn,.,
s:lo coo: building No 30, owheu W 80 900. e,ocl,
and the estate of George W. 'e''e", 49,, ,o,binr
~,,rod hv clerihew estate $4,000; Boston
~ ,,aods and general shop, No. As, owned ps wv
s 90 Cu.tav Metzler, damage TO bulidlhs 80,
, q, s,ocl, 81 900 by water building NJ ~, ,
w.. Nm, uuvler. of New-York damaged fl'00o' "on
200 IN stock owned by ID. f. Olms'eao q W. ~sS hi.
an Of the buildings are fully insured ''S o,nnunt
lock WAS insured for % per cent y, W the
.Icribevs stock was heavily , 90 was
Boston, stock was fully insured I'm the build
;S M "a lived Mrs. W. II; vIii.tn Newton
ioor james %o A. the second Moor was otte org
M Itarman Prubsts family. the thliI o faniies aud
Lanen anu onr By Mrs NJ Bailey and John ,anoWts
omd their families. The furiI'o fi,v insured except
was ruined by water. M dySrytbimr. The aggregate
Nor Morf - Tie t@nant is about $1,000 h"As
los; Of FTs aid saturday night that he SIna w
,:',,y account for the hre Inc me ~ the noors
icatcd by steam il had no h' vh y" There were two
ana SG MOI in the building and one OF t ZEN s"ect 10
found tie BUILDING TO be on . tir Whaen had run TO
give IN "i Tfn s,o was closed at II 2coc Twe a
Vnrv one hut the two waichlneh t,' II l. believed
minute, LATER 1n@ "cDmman!cs will make an effort u
ascertain the Orsin oil ''o nv