Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
FAMILY is BURNED TO DEATH
Father, Mother and Three Children Meet
Death in Their Farlor.
HIRED GIRL JUMPS FROM A WINDOW
Piano Lamp TX Upset and the House
Quickly Takes Fire and is De-
strOycd-Batch of Minor
ConnugrutiUns.

! NEW YORK, Dec. GO.-Ino explosion OF
piano lamp on the second floor of the fourth
story residence 5ll East Fifty-eighth street,
resulted in the loss of five lives tonight.
! The dead are:
! AARON GOLDSMITH, 45 years old.
! CLOTlLDE GOLDSMITH, his wife, 33
years old.
BERTHA GOLDSMITH, 10 years old,
HARRY GOLDSMITH, years old
| FRANK GOLDSMITH, 6 years old.
The only other person in the house at
the time of the fire was Mary Rosa, do
nestle servant, who saved her life by jump
| ing out of the window. The family was
! together during the evening, the only mem
Der of the household, a Mr.. Hirsch, a
brother of Mrs. Goldsmith, having gone out
shortly after the evening meal. Accord
ing to the story told by the servant she
was on the third floor of the building in
the act of putting Harry and Frank, the
two youngest boys, to bed, when she heard
the cry of fire coming from the floor be-
low, with calls to her to come down. She
ran out of the bed room and hurried down
stairs, the little children following her. AS
soon as she looked into the front room on
the second floor she saw the whole front
end of the room ablaze. Then she became
frightened and ran out into a rear room
and jumped from an open window to the
ground What more happened she does not
know, but she says that the fire was caused
by the upsettng of the large piano lamp.
The loss by fire to the building and con-
tents will not exceed $1,000.
BRADFORD, Va, Dec. 20.-About 2.30
this morning fire was discovered in the
grocery store of T. J. Novel; on First street.
The flames spread rapidly. consuming thirty
FIVE houses of which the majority were
stores. The loss is estimated at over $780,
0OO with insurance of only about $40. 600.
of goods hp bpoIy-
lest losers are Roberts & Co., dry goods;
Wygall e. Co., drugs; Nowells grocery store;
Lyle G. Carson, drugs; Kohlhousen, jewelry;
Clark jewelry; Linsley, dry goods; Phillips,
drugs; the postoffice and a number of small
firms The fire company from Roanoke was
summoned, but arrived too late to be of
any assistance. Most of the buildings were
frame.
BRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 2O.-One of the
greatest connagrations that has occurred
in Worcester county for many years broke |
out in the heart Of the business section |
at an early hour today and before it could |
be controlled four large business blocks and |
three other buildings had been reduced to |
ashes, entniling a loss of over 100000 upon |
which there is $65. 900 insurance. 1t is not |
known what caused the fire, but flames were |
first noticed in two different places in the |
big three-story wooden block owned by II. |
Il. Gum. The buildings owned by A. Il. !
loft Christian Gredig and E. Goldthwaite
were destroyed. The arrival OF a section |
of the Worcester fire department was timely |
and the flames we're subdued.
NEW BRUNSWICK, ~ j., Dec. 21.-One
of he most destructive fires that has oc
Cured in this place for many years broke
out at 1880 a. m. in Aliens theater build
ing, which is situated at the corner of George
and Albany streets. The building is 15O
feet front on George street. and 220 feet on
Albany street and contains Aliens theater,
the common council chambers of New Bruns-
wick and the traction company's office, also
the Masonic rooms On the ground floor is
Le)nard Scheibig's cafe The fire started in
the rear of the stage and quickly gutted the
building John O'Brien, stage manager of |
the theater. was found lying his trunk in
an unconscious condition. He was taken out
by fremen. Joseph Gastner and wife, jani-
tors of the building, were found on the fourth
floor o. the burned building. running from
one room to another They were also res
cued. The whole fire department was sum
moned to the scene. The adjoining property
Is threatened. The burning building is
owned by the Newark Building association
having been built in 1872 at cost OF $780,
300, and it is said to be the largest in the
,ity. The cause of the fire is unknown.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20.-P. II. Fitzger-
lld, who, with other Indanans. founded the
own OF Fitzgerald Ga. received a dispatch
oday announcing that 1re had destroyed all
he business blocks on Grant street, both
sides, from Pine to Magnolia. Loss, $4,000;
insurance about $25 GOO. II