Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-31

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Powerful streams Of water today are
playing on the smoldering ruins of the
fierce fire which swept the interior OF
the double ti,ree-story building. 2se
and 2S2 Market street. and spread to 22s
en- the west and 2S4 on the east. ma
rooning more than score of persons.
who were rescued while thousands
cheered. During the progress Of tho
blaze the trolley service OF the city
suffered the worst tie-up in its his
tory.
SO swift were the flames that there
didn't seem to be any escape for Miss
Nellie l. Haring, a stenographer, of 50
Sherman avenue; Ira p. Salmon. head
bookkeeper; Miss Anna Cohen, his as
sistant, and Edgar Wolf, who were in
the front part OF the second aces II :
230 Market street where they are en-
Ployed by the Electrical Motor ami
Equipment Company. and A Drake.
Martin Silver, Paul Haefley and Ed
ward ROBBIE. who were in the rear or
the second Aoor.
Those in front made for the plate
glass windows. and there the firerneil
saw them in pleading attitudes.
Cheered and urged on by the shouts OF
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est time OF the day in Market street
the fire broke out at $40 last night
the firemen brought the endangered
persons to safety.
Two More Fires
Scarcely had the firemen recovered
from their fierce battle with the Mar
lSet street blaze when they figured in
two early morning fires. which threat
ened loss of life. Happening as they
did when most of the occupants of the
house were asleep. the firemen had DIFF
ficulty in arousing them and getting.
them to safety As a result OF their
nights work on the eoldest night of the
year. several of the firenen today are
nursing frozen and chapped limbs.
Il is to the cool and quick judg-
ment of George Clayton, film opera
of the Sea Shell moxing-picture house,
at $50 Market street. owe their lives.
Clayton. from his position in the from
OF the house. saw the smoke and tiny
flecks of flame trickling up aa exit
which leads to an alley in the rear. He
pressed an emergency button. whicn
caused light TO blaze in front Of Har
old w Cook. who was at the plano.
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Clayton yelled to turn on the lights and
Cook touched button ar d the place.
which was in the moving picture
gloom, became brilliantly lighted
s'No more show here tonight" said
Cook in voice that was far from ex-
cited.
, Several Of the pa irons became angry
and demanded return of their money.
BY this time the smoke had almost
filled the place and the audience. think
ing that somet hing unusual had hap
peRed. filed ont the Market street en-
trance. The last had not left when the
flames burst through from the rear ana
fed eagerly on the infiamma BILE stun IN
the moving picture house.
Thomas Moore. of 1876 South Ninth
street, a stock boy. in the employ OF
the Electric Motor and Equipment
Company at 232 Market street, discov-
cred the fire when he went to the base
ment. He saw flames coming from u
wire He yelled "fire,'.
and ran for a pail of water When he
got back the flames had gained sucn
a headway that he had to flee for his
life.
Work of the Police.
When the FIR men arrived the f1anea
were pouring out from almost every
part Of the double building, 230-2a2.
and IN very few minutes the street
was d jam OF people and the police
had the greatest difficulty in establish
ing fire lines. Two of the men who
gave them trouble We're Joseph
Walsh, of 3s vesey street. and Bruno
Bronesky. OF Chapel street. and they
were arrested and each paid fine Of
$40 to Judge Hahn today. Thousands
of home bound persons, unable to get
trolley cars. stood and watched the
spectacular blaze and excitedly dts
cussed the life saving efforts OF the
hremen as they brought person after
person from the doomed buildings A
picturesque feature was that all dur
ing the fire the electric lights In the
moving picture house remained lighted
and the effect under the streams OF
water was that of a cascade or IL
Illuminated miniature Niagara Falls.
On the top floor of 232 Market street
were Frederick Nesblt, foreman; Ernest