The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-25

$500.
Patrick Graham, a 1-year-old la
borer. was burned to death today In
the bedroom of his home in Bloomfield.
The exact caus of the fire Is not
known. but it is believed that the bed
clothes caught fire from a stove which
was in the room.
Graham, however. was not in bed at
the time, but was sitting In an arm
chair smoking his pipe. For some
time he had been helpless. and had to
be assisted about his room by his
daughter Mary helped him out of bed
and into the armchair. Then she went
downstairs and prepared his breakfast,
which she carried up to his room.
On the stairway she smelled smoke.
Upon entering the room she was horri-
fed to find her. father a mass of flame.
She endeavored to e~xtinguish the fire,
but her efforts to save his life were
useless, as he had inhaled the flames
n was almost dead when she en-
tered the room.
Girl Painfully Burned.
The daughter was painfully burned
about the hands and face. Her father
was burned to a crisp.
Mrs. Graham tainted and was car
ried out by the neighbors. She is suf-
fering greatly from shock, and the blow
may prove fatal.
AS the smoke poured out of the win
dow a neIghbor telephoned to the police
station and Fire Chief Collins sent in
an alarm.
The b'aze Quilted the rear of the
house. Deputy County Physician Muta
was notified and he ordered Peter j..
Quinn to take charge of the remains.
Two women Rescued.
Two Ares and the rescue of two
women and 65 horses from the burning
buildings created great excitement in
the vicinity of Bank and Wickliffe
streets about s o'clock last night. Fire
broke out In h sales and exchange
stables of Henry H. Schell, at 25S Bank
street, and one horse, which was too
sick to be removed, was s~uffocated in the
thick smoke. Four Others we're burned
one so severly hat 1t is thought 1t may
die. =
Soon after the stable fire was under
| control, the cry went up that the fur
nished room house just across h street
was ablaze and there it was found that
an ~overheated chimney had set fire to
the foot of the rear stairway. Mrs. Ida
| Harrigan, an invalid, had to be carried
to the street by her husband David
from the third loo She was suffering
from a stroke of paralysis, and today is
a more serious condition from expo
sure to h night air.
There are about fifteen families In
the house, which is an old four-story
| frame structure, but there was only
one exit available, it is said, as the
entrances to the front stairway were
locked. If the fire had gained head
way it would undoubtedly have result
ed in loss of life. Mrs. Elizabeth Dries
70 years old, was panic-strlcken when
the fire broke out, and had to be car
ried from her room on the second
hoor. The other occupants of the
building either remained inside or
reached the street without assistance.
sixty-ave Horses Freed.
In the stable across the street there
were sixty-hve horses, which were res
sued with the greatest difficulty. Sew
eral young men of the n~eighborhooc
threw open the doors and went through
the building cutting and untying th'
halters of the panic-stricken animals
1t Is a miracle that no one was Sc
riously injured in the stable, for tn
animals were wild with fear and KICKED
savagely when approached. Most o
them were caught in the vicinity o
the stable, and those which ran ava!
were returned.
Some of them injured themselves b.
falling on the street. and Jumbo" TN,
largest horse in the stable, and, 1t /
said, the largest in the State, had n
shoes on at the time and injured hi
hoofs. This animal weighs 200 pound
and stands 10 hands high.
The cause of the fire is unknown. TIT
damage may reach $4,000.
Among those who were instrumental
in rescuing the horses were Corneiu
Fitzpatrick. Daniel Quinn. Charlie
Lewis, Everett LOWS, Daniel DECKER
son, James Gerfield. Amiell> Tiligie'
Thomas Gaffney and Richard OCon
nell. The policemen on duty wer
Paskow. Bernhardt, Schiller ant
Brown, of the Fourth Precinct, an
Roundsman Jones, of The Second Pre-
cinct. Lieutenant Guidera, of True
No. 3, was kicked by one Of the horses
but was able to report for duty today
Baby Upnets Lamp.
A few minutes later the firemen wer
called to 554 Orange street, where a fir
was started in the upper floor of a two
story frame building by the upsetting o
an oil lamp. The building is occupies
by Morris Finkel, his wife and thre
children. Sadie, 10: George. 6. and An
ME. 4.
The children slept in a room adjoin
ing that of their parents, n q lighte'