The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-03
A TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
Six Members Of a Family Meet
Death in Jersey City.
FATHER SACRIFICED HIS LIFE.

Had Escaped From His Burnin q Home,
But Went Back to Rescue His Loved
Ones-Two Sons Escape, One Per-
haps Fatally Burned.
Jersey City, Jan. 3.-Six members Of
one family were killed by flames and
smoke in a fire that occurred early yes
terday morning in this city. The dead
are: Adolph Reich, AZ years old, the
father; Emma Reich, 42 years old, the
mother; Tillie Reich, % years old; Ida
Reich, Is years old; Albert Reich, IA
years old; Gustav Reich years old.
Several others were injured, and it
may be that another member OF the ILL
fated family will die. He is the 19-year-
old son. and his body is covered with
burns.
John Conway, chief of the JerseyCity
fire department, was badly cut and
burned, He fell through a burning
floor and was rescued with difficulty.
Henry A. Reich, II years old, man.
aged to malserhis escape from the house
with bad burns On the neck, face and
lands, but he is Not seriously injured.
Adolph Reich's home was at 3l7 Ger
AoAhu nVCiiuC, Iicdi Vic IluuSOu COuHly
boulevard. in the Hudson city district.
He was real estate agent. and well to
do, living In pleasant house of three
stories. 1t is believed that the fire broke
out from heater in the basement, and
It worked its way up to the third floor,
where the sleeping apartments of the
family were located.
~Heluy Reich said It was late when
the family reti.ed, the evening having
been spent In entertaining New Years
callers Early in the morning he was
awakened by shouts. Running into
the hall he saw the smoke and the
flames in the lower hall. His father
was there, and they managed to get
out of the house together in their night
clothes. Young Reich then ran down
one of the streets and gave the alarm.
When he returned his father was no.
where to be seen, but one of his BROTH
ers, Sigismund, was there, but badly
burned. He was taken to neighboring
house, where he said that some one
had awakened him and that he had
jumped through the binding smoke
and flame down the staircase and out
into the open air.
oeNeldi eHBllea companies responded
promptly to the alarm, and ten minutes
later the fire was out. Then began the
search Of the house. The rays from
the firemens' lanterns disclosed three
charred bodies, against the wall at the
foetof the stairs. They were the bodies
Of Adolph Reich. his daughter Tllle
and little Gustave. They lay on the
remnants of burned bicycle. The
father had fallen upon the daughter,
and his son was in his arms. They
we're burned almost beyond recognition.
The father had rushed back into the
burning house in a desire to save his
loved ones, and had forfeited his life
In the effort.
In the basement of the house the
searching party stumbled over some
thing at the foot of the stairs. Two
blackened corpses, with arms entwined,
fay there. They were the remains Of |
% and Albert. Portions of the limbs
ID been --entirely burned away, and
ufaces were horribly distorted.
nSched Ahen for the mother
slightly buried.
look Of pain She
Ulle(ClDDVtf m suffocation.
At dawn NDbodles were rolled in
blankets and sent to the nSrGue.