The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-01
FIRE FIEND's FEAST.
Mother and Five Children Burned In
hoboken Tenement House.
Poor People Made Homeless
by Second Blaze.
eoa, Women and Children Out In Cold, Clad
In Night Clothes.

Hoboken, N. j., Feb. 1.-Seven lives
were lost and many poor people are
homeless as a result OF two fires which
occurred in different parts OF the city
yesterday. 1t is believed that one OF
them was the work OF an incendiary.
The first fire was at 40 Newark street.
"A mother and FIVE children perished. A
little girl burned To death at the other.
The dead are:
Mrs. Nellie Schroeder. 40 years old, wife
of Charles Schroeder.
Her children. Henry, IL years old;
Kate. 8 years; Maggie. years; John.
years; Willie, months; Mable Mansies.
The second fire was at 1913 TO l53 -FOUR
teeptb street 1t was there little Ma
leI Mangles perished. Her sister Flor
.nce was seriously burned, but is ex-
pected to recover.
IL was about midnight when the fire
was discovered in the ramshackle build
6nr at 40 Newark street Several fami-
lies lived in the building, the lower floors
of which were used as a blacksmith 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
among the tenants managed to make
their escape. a number of them getting
no the ground from the windows. After
the firemen had got to work. 1t was dis
covered 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,
and IL was not until the building was al
most completely gutted that the firemen
were able to get to the Schroeder apart
1,rents. This was about an hour after
the blaze began. Mrs. Schroeder was
found lying on the bed, which was part
ly burned. with her infant on her breast
Two of the other children lay on the
bed. and one on the floor. There was
Kicker of life i'm the woman, and she
WAS quickly borne down the stairway
and through the still burning hall. She
died few minutes later. The four
children, all dead. were brought down.
also but the body Of the fifth could not
be found then by the almost asphyXiated
rescuers An hour later. however, when
the fire was almost eXtinguished, more
thorough search Of the rooms was made
and the body of the fifth child was found
under the bed, close to the wall. Mean
While Schroeder himself. who had been
playing cards in a nearby saloon, had
appeared upon the scene, but the ca
lamity did not sem TO affect himself
lamity did not seem to affect himself
Hardly had this fire been put out than
the men were compelled to hasten to
Fourteenth street where fire had got
a few minutes after the outbreak, the
entire house was a mass of flames, and
men, women and children appeared at
the windows in their night clothes and
called frantically for help. A number
ef thrilling rescues were made. and all
the tenants, except the family of Henry
G. Mansles ON the top floor. were got out
in safety. Mangles and his wife and
family were awakened by the smoke and
the roar of the flames. and tried TO make
their escape by the stairway. They
were met by a wave of flame and driven
back into their rooms. Eventually. and
by the use OF ladders 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 scuttiehole. found 1t 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.
One of the other children was severely
burned and was sent to st. Mary's hos
nifa