Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-28
FIRE AT NEWARK, N. J.
Does Over 100000 DAM
age, Early tuesday Evening,
Sweeps through Retail Dry Goods
Section with ResistIess Force,
Several People Badly Injured and Several
Though. 10 Be- LIST.

New York. Fob. -1-Thc greatest fire
Newark. y. J.. ever experienced swept
through tn" retail dry goods district
tonight. destroying a score or more
| buildings. The loss j. estimated a
over 81 600. 900. Several lives may have
been lost and several persons badly
| burned
The fire started Id W. VI. Snyder's
department store at Broad ana Cedar
| streets Il fuur-st0ry building III II fac-
\ frontage ana extending 20o fc,t along
| Cedar street. The stock Mls valued
/ Hi $500. 0oo ana nothing was saved.
\ Tn" bulldog was burned tn the ground.
The fire broke out about $50 p. NJ,
after the several hundred employees
/ had left the building, which was then
| taken charge Of 10y a number Of sweep
| crs. II is thought that some of the
| engine room force and similar en-
| rloyes may alsJ have been in the
! building. being developed before the
| arrival If the fircmen.
only one man was seen ami he was
/ al window on the second floor in
| frenzy of fear. Th- tirrmon raised 4
/ ladder hut before til. could scale ii
| the man swung himself through thn
/ broken Wir-.N ana onto til. ladder.
As hc reached thc ladder q rush NJ
flame came through tho window N
quilting him 1t recrded frr A moment
ana the man was seen on the ladder
wrapped lin fire. aS his clothing burned
\ fireman run up tho ladder WI tha
under SHE ANA grabbed him III prevent
his falling. Then others went up ON
the upper side and began tearing tn
burning clothing from thu man. They
did this with their naked hands and
wcr" themselves burned Thousands
Of persons witness Il the thrilling scene.
In" burning clothing Was torn from
me man and with II came portions #
IN" h'Nh- tie was taken I" hospital.
Mean" illI' general alffm MaS
iuTh-h ~ ahh dN ~ tiIr M nud PEGS
III Ii" apparatus III 'h" 'lty "rFo roll
| i,iS ~ ihr lir"- l'n minutes after th"
iire WAS discovered VI" iidm"s ma
l"7p.d across CEDAR street ana "rr"
'IiNeiIihE h"rthWafd along Broad
street. Nlthlh haif an hour th" irc
"aS beyond control
~" 4-StorN building adjoining the /
snyder huIidinF IN Broad street ana I
occupied by ). NJ Mants". dealer in !
faces ana similar goods, IN the first !
moor ana offices on the upper floors was /.
soon burning ana was eventually to- /
tally destroyed with everything it con- ,
tanned.
Next TO 1t was the restaurant ana /
confectionery establishment of 7. i. /
Alien q laShlondblc caterer. this build /
ing ais" containing many offices. II
was destroyed. as was also the trunk
store ~ q. Il. Peddic. The fire COM
plctClN Quilted this building. but left
th' front part almost untouched. From
fcddle II spread 70 the big depart
ment store Of David Strauss. The rear
81 TINS building was Quilted. The fire
men AT TINS point made q desperate
stand 70 prevent the fire from getting
INTO Hartegan'S jeWelry store. which
was IN the next block.
AT the same time the flames We're
travelling southwark with as much
Jury as on the north of the original
IRE. W. T. Raes' jeWclry store occu-
pied the corner opposite Snyder's.
Nothing was saved here. although the
valuable stock Of jeWelry probably
the largest in Newark. was securely
rocked IN the vaults OF the building.
ADoNc the JeWelry store. the building
was occupied as offices.
Within an hour. there was hardly z
bilck OF the building standing above
q lew feet from the sidewalk The
rear ehd 81 me BeehlNe Dry goods