Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-07

and, for that reason, it could not be
used"
In regard to the water pressure al
the time of the fire, the gauge at City
Hall showed 40 pounds and at the
scene OF the fire the pressure was &C
pounds, as much as could possibly be
had.
Tenants Moved Out.
During the progress of the fire il
was thought at one time that the
whole block was doomed and the ten
ants in all nearby places began to
moveEout. The family of Nels Linde-
berg, who live over the furniture store
Of Richard Martin, began to pack up
and they 500 had everything but the
piano in the street. Later this was
also removed. On the second floor Of
che Hess building there were four
Cats, occupied by Mr.. Reynolds, Mr..
Hanson, Mr.. Slobodien and d. W.
Blair, the latter having the rooms over
the Blue Front grocery. Mr.. Rey-
| nolds was unable to save anything.
Mr.. Hanson and Mr.. Blair were able
% get some of their furniture ont.
Mr.. Slobodien had plenty of time and
when the fire reached their place they
had all of their household effects in
the street. The clerks in Reynolds &
Hanson's store kept their cloaks and
hats in the cloak room in the cellar,
/ md they lost everything. In the Ade-
laide Building all of the tenants pack
ed up their good, preparatory to a
hasty fight, in case the fire reached
their building. The members of the
different trade and labor unions which
meet there, took away their charters.
Manager H. P. Fox, of Wilder Hall,
moved Che piano and chairs out into
the hallway, but after it was seen
that the dangerswas passed, he moved
them back again. Franz Palisi closed
his store and moved his furniture to
the house Of friend. A dozen men
rarried the piano down the stairs. In
jhe Scheuer building the tenants had
everything IN readiness in case of
trouble.
Around in New Brunswick avenue
it looked bad for a time for the-stable
of Liddle &. Pfeiffer. Their horses
and carriages were taken to Sweets
stables across the avenue
Great Crowd Gathered.
AS 1901 as the fire alarm sounded a
large crowd wal on the scene. It was
at a busy hour and the peoDle return
ing from work and on shopping bent
soon filed the sidewalks and roadway
on the side of the street opposite the
burning building. The crowd ccum
ulated until, in a short time, the work
of the firemen was seriously lmpeded.
Fire lines were drawn from in front
of Palisi's grocery and of Martins
furniture store to the opposite cutters.
The entire force of policemen and
constables was needed to keep the
crowds back. The news Of the fire
quickly spread and the cars and ferry
boat brought large numbers of people
from Woodbridge, South Amboy,
Metuchen, Tottenville, Pleasant Plains
and New Brunswick. Men, women
and children filed every conceivable
point ofgvantage from which to view
the fire. The windows over the stores
on the southern side of the street were
filed with onlookers.
The trolley system was tied up and
the cars were'stalled until 2 O'Clock
yesterday morning. The crowds re-
NAMED until after midnight watching
the work Of the firemen. All day
yesterday a steady stream OF people
wendell its way to and from the scene
of the conflagration.
To Rebuild at Once.
Both Max and Charles Hess, of
Allentown, Pa, the owners Of the
burned block. were in town yesterday.
After a thorough examination they
telephoned to architect Myers to meet
them in Newark today to make
arrangements for the rebuilding of
the %sstructure. MI. Myers drew the
plans.for the original building.
The Hilsdorfs will be ready for
business tomorrow in T. r. Burke's
building at 1858 State street. Fixtures
are being brought from their store at
Mnurer.
Reynolds and Hanson have establish
ed an Office in room 10 in the Scheuer
building and are now negotiating for
q store in which to reopen in a short
time
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