The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
MANY MISHAPS AT A FIRE.
TWO CHILDREN sUFFoCATED N
MAN MADE

On the Way to tho Hospital tho Insane n1an
Fought with Policeman RuBneii, who No. |
came Completely Exhauated-severn Per-
sons Injured by jumping from vindevs.
hrc with very disastrous results occurred at
an early hour yesterday morning in a large
double brick tenement house at liz and ia
Coles street, Jersey City. Two children died
from sufFocation, two others jumped from a
window, and arc In a vLry critical condition; a
man became violently insane and was dragged
from tho house by flrcmon; his wife jumped
from a window and received probably mortal
injuries; q policeman was very severely injured
IN HE efforts to save life. and q number of peo-
plo were crushed and bruised in the frantic
struggle to escape from the burning building.
All this took place in little moro than an hour.
When the money losses through tho fire were
figured up 1t was found that they would not ex-
coed So, 900 or SO, 800 at the outside.
The fro started in Edward Woinzel's bake
shop at tho rear Of 112. and was caused by q
defective fue. One OF Weinzel's bakers discov.
cred flames coming out of the board ceiling
about 4 A. NJ. and, thinking that tho FIRE was
not Of much consequence, attempted to extin-
guish it himself. He throw buckets OF water on
1t for about ten minutes. and would have con-
tinucd his efforts without giving AN alarm but
for the arrival of Roundsman Toppin and Po-
licemen Bunnell and Dodson. Toppin had seen
smoke coming out over the transom, and after
making a hurried investigation he FASTENED to
Jersey avenue and Fifth street and sent in an
alarm from box 81. About the same time some
one sent In an alarm from another box, and the
hremen were greatly confused and delayed.
Tho smoke filled all the halls and penetrated
Into the sleeping apartments Of all the tenants.
some Of them made a rush to get down the stairs,
while others went to the windows. Policeman
Dodson shouted to the latter not to jump, as tho
frcmen would be there soon with ladders. Po-
liceman Bunnel and Roundsman Toppin went
into the hall and found men and women there
struE cling to get down the narrow stairs. The
people were panic-stricken and the men pushed
the women and children aside in their frantic
efforts to save themselves. The policemen
tried to get the struggling mass disentan-
Elcd, but they were Obliged to use their
clubs on some of the men to accomplish
1t. Tho majority Of the tenants were
in Scanty attire, which became moro scant in the
fierce struggle. When tho crowd got safely out
through the sitting smoke to tho top floor and
helped the tenants there to escape. They made
knees. In the mean time the fremon had ar
rived, and the terrified tenants, who were at tho
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Policeman Dodson, were taken down on ladders.
Several hreme 2 went up through the building
belief that ali tho tenants were out they heard
Ziesler. his wife Libbie. and three children,
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room from which tho Screams emanated was
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the mother was not aware OF 1t. Five men
carried Ziegler downstairs and put him in q
patrol wagon to DO taken to st. Francis's Hos
Policeman Bunnell accompanied him. On the
ness. but he had become Violently Insane. He
attacked the policeman, and a desperate strug-
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his struggle with ZieRler completely exhausted
him; He received medical attention at the hos
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q critical condition.
dead body from. Mrs. ziesler's arIs and at.
tempted to carry her downstairs she broke away
t TSD t AIKEN a so t saps1Sn osp oHs o1 who're sas T 4 %sy toa sns
that her spine ~as injured. She 10 in o critical
Exciting scenes at IL. The occupants Of that
building had been awakened by the noise of tho
Ire engines dashing up and the shouts of the
trowd on tho street. They became panic-stricken On,
although comparatively little smoke had pene-
trated the building The same sort of struggle
10 escape was made by the tenants as had boon
made in the other building, but there wero moro
policemen and fremen there. and the people
were kept under better restraint
Mrs. Annie Campbell, @ widow, her two sons
and two daughters, Mamie, 10 years old, and
Sadie, IS years old, occupied tho apartments on
the third floor. Mrs. Campbell and the boys
made their escape or were rescued. The girls
were overlooked In tho excitement. Sadie be-
dow. She was imPSled on a meat hook in front
remained suspended there for q few mo-
ments. When she was rescued it was
found that her right arm was badly lacerated.
She was taken to the hospital. Her sister
Mamie also jumped from the window and landed
on the sidewalk. She escaped with q broken
leg. 1t was learned afterward that James and
Thomas Campbell. the, brothers of the girls,
gone TO the rear Of the house and helped other
tenants out,
There were eight families. comprising twenty
nine persons. in the two buildings. Meinzel oc-
cupied the ground floor of liz as a bakery. The
second floor was vacant. William Ziegler and
his wife and three children occupied the third
floor, and tho fourth floor was occupied by Will
liam Sharkey and his wife and four children.
Christian J. Guterl's butcher shop occupied the
anted by Mrs. McHugh. her four children, and
her brother-in-law Ephriam .Budd, and two
children. The Campbell family lived on the
third floor and James McCune lived on the top
floor with his wife and baby. The buildings are
owned by Misses Maggie and Mary McKeon.