The sun., 1900-09-20
SPRING LIKE FIkE
Started IN
PUSEYS COTTAGE
Narrow Escape Made by Mrs.
Leas and the Misses
Pusey.
BIG HOTELS WERE CONSUMED
Some Business Places and Many Cot
tages Were Consumed. The Fire
men Could Not Make Any
Headway With Flames.
Loss is Estimated
at 100000.

Quite a number Of Wilmington people
are directly interested in the big blaze at
Spring Lake, n. j., which broke out
early yesterday morning.
The fire was first discovered shortly
before O'clock, when, save for the sing
ing of the wind and the music of the
ocean the resort was wrapped up in
darkness and silence. In Surf Cottage
~. H. in Hastings Square, facing ON Es-
sex avenue, below Ocean avenue, the
summer residence of Mr.. William w.
Puscy, Of the Pusey n Jones shipbuild-
ing firm of this city. The oc-
cupnnts of the cottage at the time were
Mrs. Leas, the sister of Mrs. w. w.
Pusey, who was staying there with her
two 'neces-Miss Mary Pusey, aged
eighteen years, and Miss Elizabeth
pusey, aged sixteen years-the others of
the family having returned to their Will
mington home.
Mrs. Leas was unable to sleep soundly
last night and arose several stimes from
her bed. She had gotten up just before
l o'clock and had gone to her window,
and was looking Stewards, when she was
startled by seeing small volume of
smoke issuing from the laundry in the
rear of the house. For a minute she
stood there partly paralyzed through fear
\ that the house was on fire and unable to
collect her thoughts. She remembered
that there was a fire left in the kitchen
stove and quickly came to the conclu-
sion that the fire had been defective,
setting fire to the woodwork.
Mrs. Leas was partly dressed, and did
not waste any time in running to the
rooms occupied by her two nieces, call
ing to them TO get ZIP Immediately and
4 dress as the house was on fire.
For nearly ten minutes the three fri
ghtrned women, only thinly clad, stood
slivcring on the porch before anyone
heard their cries.
n Details of the Fire.
n rmrng I4aSs, y. j., Sept. fY.-The
N village Of Spring Lake was swept by fire
81 and three Of the principal hotels, eight
NJ cottages aud n number Of business places
81 We're destroyed before the iircnen could
III make any headway against tho flames.
VI The burned hotels were the Monmouth
N House, the Essex aud Sussex and the
NJ Carlton. All the. Moorehead cottages ex-
ri cept one were burned. The loss is esti-
"a mated al $4,000 600.
81 Among The business places consumed
Il were the drug store of ID. II. It'll Il Co.,
"A IL First avenue; Bamnan's grocery store,
" Edgar Whites bicycle shop and Sedg-
III wyck & Calls restaurant.
I'M As the season is over there were very
n few persons in either the hotels or cot.
M tages. The few guests remaining were
H able to save most of their personal prop
IN erty. So far as can be learned no one
was injured
IA Whom it was seen that the local depart
y ment was unable to cope with the flames.
calls for assistance were sent to Manas-
quan, Ocean Grove and Asbury Park.
III Inc departments in those places respond
Ned quickly
. The wind was blowing hard from the
IN northwest and building after building
was lgnltod by the flying embers.
M me hfe started in Il private house. II
7Spfead rapidly to the Moorehead cottages
ana soon the Monmouth House was in
" niHheS. The Carlton House was tn
next to ga not long after the Essex and
sussex hotel was aba2e. In the last
4 hRhitd ln'ei there were few guests, hut
N Il" tNa fire had tlen been in progress fol
an hanr or more they had had ample
s warning, and all escaped.