The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-05-10
TWO GIRLS
DROP DEAD.
Returning From Work, They
Die Within Four Blocks
of Each Other.
ONE EXPIRES At HER OWi DOOR
The Other Outside Jewelry
Store and Is Taken to
the Morgue.

Two young girls died in the street last
evening within four blocks of each other
and death came to one only ten minutes
after it claimed the other. They We're
both pretty and viyaeious and they died
as they were returning from the places
where they were employed, a factory and
a millinery shop. Heart disease was the
cause of death in both cases and as usual
under such circumstances each had been
particularly happy and jolly. so that the
shock was more stunning and unex-
pected.
GeorganI4 Jelsea, the eighteen year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walsea, of No
rs Booraeum avenue, died on the step OF
the jewelry store of f. w. Payne, at No.
246 Newark avenue, at 6:10 o'clock after
ten minutes illness. She was employed
as milliner by Isaac Klinghoffer, who
conducts a millinery shop called "The
Fair" at No. 17s Newark avenue.
Loretta Mack. seventeen years old, of
No. 14S Brunswick street. employed in
Dixon's Crucible Works at Wayne and
Brunswick streets, died in her fathers S
arms in front of her home. She was at
tackled while telling joke to her chuni,
Miss Tessie Bowes. of No. 162 Brunswick
street. with whom she was returning
from work
Miss Welsea went to work in 1.-THE
Fair three years ago. She was a robust,
happy girl and soon became most popu-
lar with The fourteen girls employed
there. She was the life of the shop. She
never complained of any illness and there
was nothing to worry her. Heart disease
was the one thing no one had ever asso-
ciated with her. She was particularly
;ort,t nd OF & n'olnpk left tho
shop with a jolly parting word that sent
all away with merry laugh. She walked
up Newark avenue alone.
When she reached Cole street and New
ark avenue at the northwestern corner
she became weak. Heart disease which
had been latent, suddenly attacked her.
and she was overcome. She continued ON
her way, however, for three-quarters of
block to No 246 Newark avenue, Payne's
zelry shop. and there she was too weak
20 go further She seated herself on the
step and lost consciousness. A newsboy
saw her and thought she was drunk. He
went INTO the shop and told Michael Nor
an, a clerk that drunken woman was
on the doorstep Moran went out and saw
that the girl was sick.
A crowd collected. One man held her
head up so that she might breathe more
easily, while another prevented her from
falling from her seat to the sidewalk.
Policeman Thomas Sutton, of the Second
precinct station, came to see the cause
of the crowd and he called the ambulance
from the City Hospital. When it ar
rived the girl was dead and she was
taken to Speer's morgue Her clothes
were searched so that her name might
I,,,f c
nothing to show who she was. Consider
able jewelry of good quality was found.
While the body lay at the morgue, a
mystery, the girls mother, Mrs. Welsea,
was securing the city seeking her. When
the daughter did not return home as
usual after work she was greatly alarmed,
as the girl was very rarely late and
seldom went out in the evening. At one
o'clock this morning she sought Mr..
Klinghoffer. He could tell her nothing
more than that she had left the store at
the usual time.
While the mother was making every
effort to learn the whereabouts of her
daughter, Morgue Keeper Griffiths was as
busy trying to find Mrs. Welsea's home.
He had seen the dead girl number of
times, but did not know where she lived
and he went out to find her home. He
was unsuccessful.
Mrs Welsea learned this morning that
the body of a girl answering the descrip-
ton of her daughter was at the morgue
and she went there and identified her
child. It was very pathetic scene when
Mrs Welsea realized that her daughter
was dead.
Miss Loretta Mack was seventeen years
cid. She lived with her father and
mother and nineteen year old brother
Thomas, at No. 143 Brunswick street. She
was employed at Dixon's Crucible Works
and was a merrymaker among merry
makers. Her constant companion was
Tessie Bowes of No. 1872 Brunswick street.
Miss Bowes called for her every morning
and they went to the factory together.
They also returned together. Last night
at 6 o'clock they with hundreds of others
poured out the great building and were
on their way home as merry as could be.
A few doors away from her home Miss
Mack started telling funny story. The
two were laughing heartily when sudden
ly Miss Mack reeled and was about to fall
when Miss Bowes caught her.
.sYou shouldn't do that, Loretta. You'll
fall ana hurt yourself If yeu are not care
full cautioned Miss Bowes, as she braced
her companion There was no reply. The
girl was fast sinking to the sidewalk
when a man who was behind them caught
her and seated her on the stoop of her
own home. At that moment her brother
Thomas appeared at the door. She saw
that Something was wrong and shouted to
his father
.tSomething is the matter with Lora'
Mr. Mack hurried downstairs and start
ed to loosen his daughters clothes SO
that she might breathe more freely He
then took her in his arms and started up
STAIRS The girl died before he reached
the hallway. Dr. Lockwood was passing
at the time and he was called but he was
700 late. About the same time rather
Keyes Of st. Bridget's Roman Catholic
Church appeared and administered the