New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-26
TENEMENTS SWEPT BY FIRE
MANY FAMILIES RENDERED HOMELESS BY
A BLAZE IN HOBOKEN.
POLICE AND FREMEN PROVE THEMSELVES
HEROES 10Y SAVES HIS YOUNGER
BROTIEI-MAYOR PAGAN PROVIDES foH


BRoTIIEE-MAYOR PAGAN PROVIDES FOR
TIE vIcTIMs-MoEE THAN $4,000
OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
Twenty-seven poor families numbering 10 men,
women and children. were rendered HoiHe's0'
the big tenement house fire in HoboKeh carry
,erday morning, which swept away property N"'..u
at more than $4,000. The coniasra'ioh was ,''
hercest and most stubborn one that the ioVa' NC
partmcnt has been called upon TO hgnt s'Hce III.
,nauguratlon OF the paid service and demohS'F''cu
the fact that the Department Is not large eno"s"
TO cope with a fire OF such propornons'
The Quilted tenernen;s No. s. TO b. ADAMS
g., fS,r-s,orv brick front structure and Nos. %
and &C. adjoining frame buildings OF 'he sa'ae
height The first floors were occupied as s'o'e''
while the upper stories were tenah'eu .! '"''
seven fsnil.es Michael Trainor owned NO o. anu
Ernst Wulff the other buildings ,.. A.,
Ex-PoNceman Patrick Sullivan al m'uhs"
covered = blaze in the tobacco shop OF holman q
Son on the ground floor o. No o. caused by 'he
EXPLOSION Of kerosene lamp and sent IN an
after which he ran through the house ana 81 o"9I
tho slee2,ng inmates. In several instances "e "'
obliged TO break in the doors. tie cai''eu nv
women down the various sta!rways on ms o@CN'
,h,,,,,h TO dense clouds Of smoke which hIled 'he
house Ten minutes later the flames hao idue
rapid Roadway in tae old tinder-DoN' anu ~ '.'.
time two steamers and one chemcal e"sIe o.
r,vea Policemen realizing that the DuND.hsS U"
either siCc were IN tdI4-ci' l''.'N'
other tenelnen;s. dove and carried women a.. '.
dred clad only n .aer night-cothes. out mo u,
cold where they were quickly '"he" O''o " ~
removed +, ne shbJr.ng saloons and DWELLINGS,
urpo1eN OF ! POLICEMAN AND FIREMAN.
vhe, +, seemed almost Impossible for man to
enter 40. 81 without r!skins his He folcen'a',
Terrence Foley and Captain Donohue. oil Che;hicd'
Engine No l. gfcped through the smoke anu name
70 the third story, where Mrs. SIuck'hah anu ".-
seven+oen-vear-od daughter Emma were sun III
he'd Foley broke in the door. picked UP one u '-,e
women and carried her downstairs Do"o"Ue w.
lowing y!t the other Mrs. Struckman young
son Albert escaped from the burning DuAui"s 0"'''
ing a smaller brother under his arm.
detective DAME; FentOn. OF the local Ponce De
rar,me,, who occupied apartments on the SECOND
aoor of No. S. told a startling story OF MS e~pe'r
cree While making his escape WIN ms ,,e eeoW
habv bow ten months old He had tls ~. sy;- HE
brgyeJ closely 10 his breast ana was lee...s ~
waT through the smoke when aise seGtoi 90 20
Sein ie On but uninjured and 80
far as now known was me o''f ,obert Lang. OF
W. ~ AdaYns-.t who in delicate coMu.ttcl,
40; - tl:en to 81 Marys Hospital three hours AFTER
me nxnaIning Why genera. alarm was not sen, IN
earlier Chief App.gate Sa he brck front structure
constituting three enements. ne PpoTncd the
fhe ny ~ vas Of brick a.so whereas il was nothing
bnt frame partition through when the ire qD'0N'
made its way.
The scenes in the saloons and houses "heie NV
hor,olas. ones ere taken We're hearrendlhs' ->ohe
of ,be t,yentv-seven families saved anythiNs run
the fire so thoroughly had the flames anu ""''
done ths,r work and with few eXcepuo"s a.
,..re thrown rDon the charity Of sympatheuc "es"-
bors. ,,., ,,s, M time in the orn-
a. ,iIiug a meeting CT he Comma tee Oh -
ne ~ JyIa,t,c~ common Counc!, for the puTOPse o.
6avis;og means 10 provide iempoI,arnEs 20 TaneN
uanTs Of .he victims of the ire MeSsls -
VA srydcr met the Mayor in the foorH,A $500
ca 90 and decided 10 hire rooms ioT a. ,Hnn,
SaroNes who were not in position 10 MP 80, ~, a.
soivas and buy for them only such lu.. hounora
80 ,,oceesarv TO start life anew fuI.nei M
W. Poorroaser Robert Bell was ihsrl ucIe1 ~
&C. moor Orders for groceries and coal ny ~ or
go an anueal for donations OF old cotnes ~,
nc homeless Victims and gave instr % no
~ ,oor uufOrtunates who had beei l!I'Ns ~. 90 ~
chsrirv Of the city should Dc comni.tteu ro-tnd
,,i%nstSo,se Ren and Detective Ne!soh, mo nras
aii ~ in finding homes Tor the 81 her
AZ W.. 90 ra. I'M 5000 insurance on MS pfopeit!
and Iva ~ had oa.y small policy on ms hG Iri
Tbe o:S.rs VINO sunere1 from the hre "e'S ,,,e
PER- aro,.r md butcher 10. 90 Auais-s, M
p,{,,rn ,,.cs @. % Adams-st; GustaTe an.
IT,ifi,ra rICfn,an c CARS. 81 AdiHs-st; anu E'Hes'
c,it'~,.s n,,.tr. No. 81 Adams-s'; 80. 49, nay
Nsvc~ Ft.n was not at al Ile5s.l Nm t1ao ~
w. w 'rh the sre MANAGE py inc h'''' ~
e.V,,, ca,; IA. s coming from me mat ! i1M s s,i.
fire Department; s"o"'' W
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