The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-01
TWO FATAL BLAZES.
Seven Lives Lost i'm the Fires at Ho-
bOken.

bOken.
NEW YORK, Jan 31.-During the
early hours of today two fires oc-
Cured in Hoboken, N. j., which re-
suited in the loss Of several lives Many
poor people were made homeless and
even had narrow escapes for their
lives. The fires occurred in different
parts OF the city, and one of them at
least is believed to have been of in
cendiary 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. AT
the other fire a little girl was burned
to death. The dead are: Mrs. Nellie
Schroeder, forty years old, wife of
Charles Schroeder, and her children,
Henry, eleven years; Kate, six years
old; Maggie, seven years: John, three
years, and Willie, three months
The second fire was at Nos 153 to 159
Fourteenth street. 1t was there little
Mabel Mangles perished. Her sister
Florence was seriously burned, but is
expected to recover.
1t was about midnight when the fire
was discovered in the ramshackle
building at 40 Newark street Several
families lived in the building, the lower
floors Of which yere used as black
smith shop and a carpenter shop. The
Schoeders lived on the top floor Charles
Schroeder, who is a barkeeper out of
work, was not at home when the fire
started. His wife and children were
asleep in their rooms 1t 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,
number Of them getting to the ground
from the windows. After it was dis
covered that the Schroeder family was
missing, every effort was made to reach
the top of the blazing structure, but it
was not until the building was almost
completely gutted an hour after the
blaze began that the firemen were able
to get to the Schroeder apartments. Mrs
Schroeder was found lying on the bed,
which was partly burned, with her in
FAINT on her breast Two of the other
children lay on the bed and one on the
floor. There was flicker of life in the
woman, but she died a few minutes af
ter being borne to the street The four
children, all dead, were brought down
also, but the body of the fifth was not
found until the fire was almost extin-
guished. Meanwhile, Schroeder himself,
who had been playing cards in a near
by saloon, had appeared upon the
scene, but the calamity did not seem to
affect him as much as had been an
ticipated.
Hardly had this fire been put out
then the men were compelled to hasten
to No. 157 Fourteenth street With
in a few minutes after the outbreak
here the entire house was a mass Of
names, and men, women and children
appeared at the windows in their night
clothes and called frantically for help.
A number Of thrilling rescues were
made, and all the tenants except the
family of H.G. Mangles on the top floor
were gotten out in salty Mangies and
his wife and family were awakened by
smoke and the roar Of the flames
and tried to make their escape by the
stairway. They were met by a wave
Of flames and driven back into their
rooms. Eventually, by the use of lad
ders from an adjoining house, all were
taken out except the child, Mabel.
She had been lifted to the roof, but on
taking hold Of the edge Of the scuttle
hole, found it was hot and let go her
grasp, falling to the narrow landing at
the head Of the stairs and rolling down
into the furnace beneath. One of the
other children was severely burned
and was sent to ST. Mary's hospital.