Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-05-31

LONG BRANCH, May 31:--Hem-
med in by flames and smoke on the
top floor of their summer home. the
Jacob Rothschild cottage in Ocean
avenue, unable to escape or be reach
ed by rescuers, the two little daugh-
ters of Walter Schiller, OF Kerbs,
Wertheim & Schiller, New York city,
were burned to death, and two SER
wants lost their lives in q fire that
destroyed the dwelling early to-day.
Eight others were severely burned.
The bodies of one of the children and
of the two servants were found In the
smoldering ruins several hours after
the blaze had been extinguished.
The Dead.
Marion Schiller, ten years old.
Ruth Schiller, eight years old.
Matilda Motsom, servant.
Mary Bilger, a servant.
The Injured.
Walter H. Schiller. burned about
the face.
Mrs. Schiller, burned about the
hands and arms.
B. Citisen, of New York, a guest Of
the family, slight burns.
N. Breicer, of New York, also q
guest, slight burns.
John Irwin, butler, leg broken
and slight burns: in Monmouth Mem
orial Hospital.
Katie Murray, servant, burns
about the body; in Memorial Hospi-
! tai.
Miss Schcak, a goyerness, burns'
in Memorial Hospital.
Josephine Hoffman, a cook, severe
ly burned about the body; in Memoir
ial Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schiller and their two
guests, Mr.. Breicer and Mr.. Citisen,
were playing bridge whist in the lib
rary on the lower floor at late hour
when the game was interrupted by
cries of fire coming from the street.
A moment later policeman appeared
on the front veranda and told Mr.
Schiller that he had discovered a
blaze in kitchen in the rear of the
icottage. Hardly had he given this
sharp explosions coming from that
direction
The explosions, believed to have
been due to spontaneous combustion,
were followed by burst of flames
that enveloped the entire rear portion
of the house and spread SO rapidly
that those sleeping on upper floors
---a~e cut off from escape. The two
Liffer children were in bed on the
ID floor in rooms that adjoined the
servants quarters. Four servants
were also asleep on this floor and
Miss Schcak occupiedfa room on the
second floor.
Mother Fails in Rescue.
With the flames eating their way
toward the stairway and the entire
house permeated by thick, choking
smoke, Mr.. Schiller and his wife real
lied the danger that threatened their
children and exerted every effort to
rescue them. 1t was their attempts
to save the children that resulted IN
their own injuries. Once Mrs. Schlf-
fer got half way up the stairway and
groped through the dense smoke to-
ward the stairs leading to the third
floor, but was almost overcome ana
was forced to abandon the attempt.
Several times Mr.. Schiller, aided BY
his two guests, tried to fight their
way through smoke and flames to
reach the imprisoned children and
warn the servants. but the fire was q
furnace that could not be penetrated.
On the first floor the group Of rescu-
ers found themselves in the center OF
a mass of flames and were themselves
almost entrapped in the house, es-
. Gaping only after they had been
severely burned.
Servants Leap from Window.
: In the meantime some OF the ser
wants had been awakened and We're
striving to get out of the burning
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