Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-07-11
Firemen Are Kept on the Jump
O'Hara'S Printing Shop Gutted--
Saloon Set on Fire.
$4,000 LOSS AT SOUTH RIVER
THREE TIMES WE'RE THE FIRE
MEN CALLED OUT WITHIN A
LITTLE MORE THAN THREE
HOURs-LAsT BLAZE DID
S3, 800 DAMAGE.

4uFee aldfmS IN less Jnan SIX
hours kept the firemer busy from
10:80 o'clock last night until after
O'Clock this morning. The first
two fires did not amount to much,
but the third resulted in over SO, 500
damage.
The first alarm was sounded from
box CA, at Smith street and Watson
avenue, at 1880 o'clock by Moe
Schlessinger. The blaze was In back
of an ice box in the rear Of S. Miller's
store, 259 Smith street. A defective
fiue was the cause, and the damage,
which was slight, is covered by
$4,000 insurance.
At 1890 o'clock, when the fire.
men had only been home a short
time, an alarm was turned in from
box SO, at New Brunswick avenue
and New street, by boy. The fire,
which was In the apartm ents Of
Louis Berkow at 110 Fayette street,
was caused by lighted candle
placed on a machine and which ignit-
ed some clothing. Reuben Mailer
extinguished 1t with pail of water
before the firemen arrived.
The building, which was owned by
M. Goldsmith, was occupied by two
AdAuAt4CS On tnC bCCOAQ uOOT. l1O
ground floor is used as butcher
shop by David Berman.
Printing Shop AbIaze.
The bremen again returned home
only to be called out again at $3.50
o'clock to dght a fire in the rear of
William O'Hara's printing shop at
528 State street, and in the cellar of
Franciszele Prybylogisi'e saloon at
EO1 n -.
quickly responded and in about an
hour-and-a-half the fire was out.
The damage in the cellar of the
saloon is about &100, and the dam
age in Mr.. O'Hara's place will exceed
$4,000. The two-story frame house
on the north of the printing shop
was damaged in the rear to the ex-
tent Of ABOUT 5000. E"
Patrolman Harding discovered a
bright light in the saloon shortly
before o'clock and, on breaking in
the front door, found a barrel Of
whiskey in the center of the barroom
floor, with a burning coat under
meath. The whiskey was running
from hole in the barrel. The off,
Ger threw the coat into the street
and, discovering that there was fire
in the cellar, aroused the saloonkeep-
or and his family, who lived over the
saloon, and a German and Polish
family, who occupied the third floor
of the frame building.
An alarm was sent in from box "a,
Buckingham avenue and State street
In the meantime Mrs. w. p
O'Hara, who had been up all night
with a sick child, happened to glance
out of her rear window and saw that
the printing shop was ablaze in the
rear. Mr.. O'Hara ran to investigate
and stumbled over a large jug which,
he said, contained kerosene. When
the flremen arrived they first devot-
ed their attention to the O'Hara fire,
and soon had 1t under control
Mr.. O'Hara said this morning that
the total damage in the place was
about $4,000. He has $500 insur-
ance on the building and $2,100 on
the stock. Fifteen autom attic ma
chimes, which were In the rear room
of the shop, were destroyed, but
gasoline engine was found to be all
right. Much of the type and the en-
tire stock In the rear of the place
was ruined.
MIR. O'Hara Says he has a special
permit from the insurance companies
and will start work at the old stand
in a few days.
Mr.. O'Hara says he believes that
his place was set on fire. The saloon
fire is also believed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
Protection Hook & Ladder Com
pany used their cellar pipe this
morning for the first time. and 1t
worked excellently. The fire in the
cellar was soon under control, al
though much timber, several barrels
and other infIammable material kept
the firemen at work for some time.
Mrs Prybylosli said that. after
the fire, 5000 which she had in
cigar box under the mattress Of her
bed, disappeared. She said the thief
did not take the box, only the m oney,
part of which was to be used to re-
new the saloon license in few days.
Prybyloski had $2,500 insurance.
Detectives HUFF and Lang and
Patrolman L. Q. Jensen were at the
place this morning making an inves-
tigation as to the origin Of the blaze.