The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-01
SEVEN DIE in FIRE AND SMOKE.
,,opokUN THE SCENE OF TWO LIFE
TAKING BLAZEs.

,,otber and Her Five Children Per-
a.. IN the First and a Child in the
J-Tbe Husband and Father
six victims of the First Fire
p,o,ine cards in "a Saloon While
,,;. Family Was Being Swept
Away.
,r.t.,t,sn n. J.. Jan. 31.-This city was
-...5 IN, two disastrous fires between
,,.qo o'clock Saturday night and o'clock
,s,s morning. Seven persons were burn
death and thirty families were made
homeless
MIA saturday night fire started in the
t,rse-story frame building at 400 Newark
street Here six persons lost their lives.
They were:
Mrs Nellie Schroeder, 40 years of age.
Henry Schroeder, II years old.
Maggie Schroeder, 7.years old.
Kate schroeder, 9 years old.
Holm Schroeder. 3 years old.
Willie Schroeder. months old.
THE father of the family, Charles Schroe-
der was In a nearby saloon, playing cards.
while his wife and children were dying.
The second fire started at o'clock this
morning in the fve-story double-bricK
tenement at 159 Fourteenth street, over a
mile from the first scene. Three tene>
msnts. Nos. l55, 157 and 159, were entirely
wrecked. and No. 153 was damaged badly
bv water. One child was burned to death
on the fourth floor of No. 157. She was
Mabel Mangles, years of age.
As near as can be determined the fire at
40 Newark street started in a defective
Aue in schaefer's wheelwright shop on
the ground floor of a three-story frame
building Schaefer occupied the second
II floor as living apartments. The front rooms
on the third floor were occupied by Charles
Schroeder and his family, while James
Blanchhed and his family occupied the
rooms in the rear. The Blanchfields discov-
cred the fire, which had gained such head
way and barely made their escape by way
OF the roofs of the adjoining buildings.
It was impossible to discover the fate of
H the Schroeder family l ntil the fire had
4 subsided. When the police entered the
building little save the shell remained,
q and they we. lged to use great care in
81 climbing al the place. They finally
reached the top floor and made their way
into the front room. Stretched across the
bed backened and charred lay the moth
81 er and clasped tightly in her arms was the
little baby, Willie.
Beside the mother and baby in the same
bed, lay the charred bodies of the girls,
Maggie and Kate. 1t is likely that they
q were suffocated in their sleep.
81 On mattress on the floor near the
& window lay the body of the boy, John,
81 blJ the body of Henry, the Oldest boy,
was nowhere to be seen. Upon further
search being made the boys body was
found under d mass of debris in the hall,
burned almost to a crisp. 1t is believed
a that the boy was aroused during the fire,
and in his efforts TO escape ran into the
hall. There he was overcome by the
smoke and his body was covered with
part of the roof which fell in at that
point.
The loss to the building and its con-
tents will probably not exceed $4,000.
The fire at l5l Fourteenth street at 3
. O'Clock this morning started from some
81 unknown cause in one of a. row of four
enedpy built double deck tenements at
Nos. l5i, l5j, 157 and 159. There were two
families on each floor, and only three va
a cant apartments in all the buildings. All
tne families We're forced out in their night
Il clothing, or with what little covering they
could grab in their hurry.
lle iamly Of Ferdinand Mangles occu-
plel lhe fourth floor of 157. Mrs Mangles,
WIN her four children, started for the
street which they reached in safety, with
the exception of Mabel, who was suffo-
Gated. The body of the child is probably
lar
lAe loss on the buildings Nos. 155, 157 and
''' which were completely wrecked, is
gel"een $4,000 and $4,000. Not over a half
uo1th families in the three buildings car
Ilel any insurance. and their belongings
were worth about $4,000