The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-03
FREnEN v|T BUSY.
Blewitt's Hotel on Commune
paw Avenue Almost
Burned to the
Ground.
TENANTS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Many Little Blases Since Sat-
urday Keep the Depart
ment Active.

Blewitt's Hotel, No. 66S Communipaw
avenue, which was for years the place
where the Newark truck drivers stopped
to water their horses and refresh them
selves, was almost completely Quilted by
fire Yesterday morning. The hotel is
owned by Robert Blewitt, of No. 1l9 Har-
r:son avenue, but has been run in re-
cent years by Robert Fisher. The par OF
the hotel has always been its prlncIpai
source of revenue, and the guests upstairs
have ALWAYS been limited in number.
There were twelve persons asleep in the
building when the fire was discovered. Al
escaped without mishap or injury. Inc
fire was discovered by Mrs. Fisher Sne
was working inh the room above the bar
room when she smelt burning tlnpers
and heard the cracking noise OF the
flames. Presently a tongue OF name snot
up through the heat register. she mn
mediately spread the alarm of .tlfe ana
in less time than it takes to ten me nouse
was in an uproar. The guests were
greatly excited, but stopped TO dress and
managed to say same OF their personal
considerable headway before it was dis
covered by Mrs. Fisher. 1t spread rap
idly and by the time the guests ana m
ployes were out of the building the rear
rooms were a mass of flames.
Patrolman Fred. Henning sent in an
alarm from box Nc. 60. The engines were
necessary to turn in a second alarm,
which several fire companies
from the city. Despite all the f1remen
could do. the fire consumed the grea.e5
part of the exterior of the hotel and
spread to the building next door, occu-
! pied by Antonio Paiero as a baker shop.
Several families living above the pakeI
shop had their apartments insured ana
were forced to carry what furniture was
left them to other quarters. 1t took neariy
and the last engine did ont leave until
eleven o'clock. The building is almost a
! total loss. The cause of the IRE Is NOT
- - ~ that the large
I stove in the bar room, which also pro
yides warmth for the rooms above, De
came overheated and caused the WOOL
York between the two floors TO lgnlte-
The fremen were kept busy since sat
iay afternoon. Saturday evening at
pollock they were called upon to put
fire in the apartments OF Mrs. Deld
gan, in the three story brick house;
IffS Pavonia avenue. 1t was caused
ythe explosion of an Oil lamp. Inc
aiding is owned by Henry Hurberg:
At 1915 O'Clock there was a small nre
in the one and one-half story frame house
at Philips and Wilson streets, owneo amu
occupied by Joseph Sterling. The alarm
was sent in by Chanceman LOCKWOOD
from boy No. al. y.
William Hughes, who lives on the lop
M 10 yroom street, caused a fire in his
APARTMENTS Sunda evening. by trylhs ~
fhow out a frozen water pipe. Inc nre
engines were called by Henry Gorlz, VINO
lives in the same building. The damage
was not great.
Shortly after midnight Yesterday morn IN.
ing a defective f1ue caused a slight hre
in the home of Louis Lange, No, S0V oip
avenue. Fire box 1bS, at Sip and 9iean
was frozen fast and couIo noi
be opened. The engines responded TO d
still alarm.
Considerable excitement was caused yes
terday afternoon, just as the theatres
were turning out their crowds, by a fire IN
~cellar of the four-story brick building 5
1873 Newark avenue. owned by tne
r. Clark estate and occupied by y.
x q Co. The fire engines blocked ths
biiey tracks for over ten minutes ano
Everal Court House cars were obliged &c
4 IN Montgomery street in order to make
g for lost time. The fire was caused by
1 A curtain caught fire in the millinery
A store of A. Wolf, No. 135 Newark avenue
yesterday afternoon. It was extipguisrec
by Mr.. Wolf.
AT $50 o'clock this morning fire Aarokt
out in the blacksmith shop of Cornelius
Anstett, No. IT'S Communipaw avenue. II
did not burn long. Anstett's place has
been adre four times in less than a year