The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-01
HODOKEySAWFUL FIRES
They Result In the Death Of
Seven Persons.
SIX OF ONE FAMILY KILLED.
Her Mother and Her Five Children Una
BILE to Escape from a C%onaagration
which Destroyed the Tenement in
which They Lived.

hef motheh hhu heh Five NhAAuheh Dhu-
BILE to Escape from a ~Conaagratiou
which Destroyed the Tenement in
which They Lived.
HoBoKEN, N. j., Feb. 1.-During the
early hoursof yesterday two fires occurred
in Hoboken, which resulted in the loss OF
seven lives. Many poor people were made
homeless and even had narrow escapes for
their lives. The fires occurred in different
pnrts Of the city, and n Of them, %atleast,
Is believed to have been Of incendiary
origin. The first fire started in the three
story frame building at No. 410 Newark
street. There a mother and five children
lost their lives. The lead are Mrs. Nellie
Schroeder, 40 years old, wife Of Charles
Schroeder; her children, Henry, II years
old; Kate, aged 9; Maggie, II John, 3, and
Willie, 3 months.
The second fire was at Nos. 1853 to 1853
Fourteenth street There little Mabel
Maugles persisted. Her sister Florence
was seriously burned, but is expected to
recover.
It was about midnight when the fire
was discovered In the ramshackle building
Mt 40 Newark street. Several families
lived in the building, the lower floors of
which were used as q blacksmith shop
and a carpenter shop. The Sohoedersli lived
on the top floor. Charles Schroeder, who
is a barkeeper out Of work, was not at
home when the Aro started. His wife and
children were asleep in their rooms. Il
took but a moment for the flames to get
complete control of the building. All but
the Schroeder family, however, among the
tenants managed to make their escape, a
number Of them dropping to the ground
from the windows.
After the lrsmen had got &c work 1t
was discovered that the Schroeder family
was missing, and every effort was made
to reach the top of the blazing structure.
Flames and smoke drove the men back,
andit was not until the building was al
most completely Quilted that the fremen
were able to get to the Schroeder apart
meBts. This was about an hour after the
blaze began. Mrs. Schroeder was found
lying on the bed, which was PARTLY
burned. with her infant on her breast.
Two Of the other children lay on the bed
and one on the floor. There was a flicker
Of life in the woman and she was quickly
borne down the stairway and through the
still burning hall. She died a few min
utes later. -Four children, all dead, were
brought down also. But the body Of the
hfth could not be found until an hour
later.
Hardly had this fire been put out than
the men were compelled TO hasten to
Fourteenth street, where fire had got con-
troll Of the building at No. 1877. Within a
few minutes after tho outbreak the entire
house was a mass Of flames, and men,
women and children appeared at tho win
dows in their night clothes and called
frantioally for help.
A number Of thrilling resoues were
made, and all the tenants except the
family of Henry G. Mangles, on the top
floor were got out in safety. They were
met by a wave Of fame and driven back
into their rooms. Eventually and by the
use Of ladders from an adjoining house all
were taken out except the the child Mabel.
She had been lifted to the roof, but on
taking hold of the edge of the souttle hole,
found it was hot and let go her GRASP. She
fell to the narrow landing at the head Of
the stairs and rolled down into the furnace
beneath.