The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-04
TWO FATAL FIRES in HoeoKEN.
Wife and Five Children Were Lost
in the First.

New York, Jan. 31.-During the early
hours OF today two fires occurred In Ho-
boken, N. J.. which resulted il: the loss
Of several lives. Many people were made
homeless and even had narrow escapes
for their lives. The fires occurred IN dif-
ferent 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
franc building at No. 40 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:
Nellie Schroeder, 40 years old, wife OF
Charles Schroeder.
Her children: Henry, aged IL; Kate,
aged 8; Maggie, aged 7; John, aged 3, and
Willie, aged months.
Mabel Mangles.
The second fire was at No. 139 -Four
teenth street. 1t was there that little Ma
bel Mangles perished Her sister Florence
was seriously burned but Is expected to
recover.
1t was about midnight when fire was
discovered in the ramshackle building at
No. 40 Newark street. Several families
lived in the building. the lower floors of
which were used for q blacksmith and
carpenter shop. The Schroeders lived on
the top floor. Charles Schroeder was not
at home when the fire started. His wife
and children were in their rooms 1t took
but moment for the flames to get COM
plete control of the building. All but the
Schroeder family, however among the
tapo r1tc to OH haf n
number of them getting to the ground
from the windows. After the firemen had
got to work it was discovered that the
Schroeder family was missing. and every
effort was made to reach the top Of the
blazing structure.
The flames and smoke drove them back,
and 1t was not until the building was al
most completely gutted that the fremen
were able to get to the Schroeder apart
ments. This was about an hour after the
blaze began. Mrs. Schroeder was found
lying on the bed. which was partly burn
ed, 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 borr e
down the stairway and through the still
burning hall. She died a few mindt-s
later. The four children, all dead. re
brought down also, but the body of the
| fifth could not be found by the then al
most asphyxiated rescuers. An hour later,
however, when the fire was almost cXtin-
| guished, a more thorough search was
made and the body of the fifth child was
| found under the bed. Meanwhile 8. hroe-
der himself, who had been playing cards
in a nearby saloon, had appeared upon
the scene, but the calamity did not I'm
to affect him as much as had been al tic
| ipated.
Another Victim.
Hardly had the fire been put out when
the fremen were compelled to hasten to
Fourteenth street, where a fire had got
control of the building at No. III. Within
a few minutes after the outbreak the en-
tire house was a mass Of flames, and
men, women and children appeared at this
windows in their night clothes and called
for help. A number of them were made
and all except the family of Henry Il
Mangles, on the top floor were got out ir
safety. Mangles, his wife and family
tried to escape by the stairway. They
were met by wave of fame and driver
back into their rooms. Eventually, by
the use of ladders, all were taken out ex
cept the child Mabel. She had been lifted
to the roof, but on taking hold of thu
edge of the scuttle hole found 1T was no
and let go her grasp. She fell to the land
ing at the head of the stairs and rolle'
down into the fire beneath One of tn
other children was severely burned.