The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-04
NEWARK DISASTER.
Turn vsrein Hall Destroyed
With Three Lives.
OTHER BODIES NAY Be IN RUINS.
Fire Fighters saved Many From
Death While Trying Hard 10 Con-
nne blaze 20 Doomed Bald
ing once Pride of city.

Ing once Eftu' " we
NEWARK, n. j., June - Three
lives were lost and four persons are
missing MS the result OF a disastrous
FIRE that started nj an early hour IN
Newark Turn yereln hall. 1SS william
street The hall. which Is one OF the
most attractive structures In Newark
was destroyed and abutting tenements
were so badly damaged that the struc-
lures may have to lie entirely rebuilt
The loss Is placed at fully $4,000.
The known dead are Joseph Hoeneke,
janltor Of the Turn Nerein hall, burned
10 death In his apartments; Mrs. Jo-
seph Hoeneke, wife OF the janltor'
overcome by smoke and burned to
death, and a fye-months-old child OF
the janltor, overcome by smoke ana
burned 20 death.
-Four persons In one family living IN
the building have not been accounted
for. and II II believed their bodies are
In the ruins. Several iiremen were cut
By broken glass and Injured by falling
tlnbers, but none we're seriously hurt
The origin OF the fire Is n mystery.
Entertainments OF some sort are usual
ly given in the hall at night Mem
bers Of the Turn ycrein were In the
building up 20 i2:45 o'clock. and at that
time everything seemed 10 he all right.
Janltor Hoeneke went up 10 his rooms
above the hall aud TO bed. Seven other
families occupied the rooms Ia the up
per floors Of the building.
A belated pedestrian saw the glare
OF flames through the first door win
dows and turned in an alarm from the
nearest fire box. Policemen arrived a
few moments later and sent In other
alarms that brought out the entire fire
apparatus Of the city. In the Interval
the lower floor had bccome n furnace.
rendering escape by way OF the stairs
impossible. on the second floor was
n small piazza. but there were no FIRE
escapes attached to the structure.
The janltOr and his family were seen
in one ~ the upper windows. Hoeneke
held his child in his arms Ills wife
stood by his side. Smoke poured from
the open window. A ladder was hur-
riedly rugged NJ. but before the fire
men could reach the window Hoeneke
and his wife were seen a. singgcr
back. The Janltor was found. terribly
burned. his child silll In his arms. with
the body ~ bis wife 10y bis side
James Robinson. n porter and Mrs.
Mary Fuchs. scrubwoman. made
their way 60 a three story frame an
mex n Il supposed that Ildeuckc tried
10 get out In the same manner. but was
cut OF by the heat and smoke.
The~hames. famed 10y strong north
east wind. spread rapidly 10 the al
Joining icncmenis. The occupants 81
the hall crowded IN the windows. and
most ~ them retained their presence
~ mind long enough a. allow the firc-
men and police a. get them down the
ladders. Screaming men. women aud
children crowded the IRE escapcs ~
the tcnemcnts. Many Of them succeci-
cd IN climbing down. while many 9th.
crs were rescued by the femcn.
The frrmcn. iinding n Impossible "a
enter the hall. went o. the rpofs ~ The
houses and attacked the flames In that
manner. II som became obvious that
the hill could not H. saved and that
the entire block might 60 unless thu
fires IN the adjoining tcnemcnts were
drowned out The hall was according
~ left 10 burn and the hw fighter
gave their attention O. the structure.
NJ the right aud left.
In two hours the IRE burned Itself
out while the flames had been prevent
cd from spreading beyond the ndioin
lng tcnemcnts which wcrc badly dam
aged In Turn hall was ono ~ IN.
finest gymnasiums In the country.