Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-08
FLEE FLAMES IN
NIGHT CLOTHES TO
SH|vER IN STREET
Fire That Destroys Montgomery
Bowling Alleys ROuts Lodg-
ing House Guests.
POLICE SAVE CHILDREN
AT ANOTHER BLAZE
Helpless Youngsters, Whose
Lives Were Endangered, Are
Rescued by Policemen.

Flames early today destroyed the
three-story double brick building, 71-73
Clinton street, in which were housed
the finest bowling alleys in Newark
entailing loss estimated at s15000 and
caused 100 dodgers in the Willard an
mex lodging-house, at 253 Market street
to fee for their lives and stand shiv-
ering in the street for several hours
Several thousand dollars damage by
water was done to the plant of the
Baker Printing Company, at SO Clin
| ton street.
In another early morning fire of
| mysterious origin in a three-story
| frame house at 157 Prince street Lieu
tenant Ernest Ludwig, of Engine Com
pany No. 3. was on an exploring ex-
petition when his lantern met the gas
escaping from meter in the cellar.
and he fell back, badly burned about
the face. He was removed to st.
Barnabas's Hospital. In this fire three
| children were carried out by policemen
from the top floor.
Thirteen pin-boys in the Montgom
cry bowling alleys went on strike as
seventy-five bowlers were about to
start to roll up their night scores.
which delayed the starting of the
| games until late in the night. As a
result the alleys were going full force
at midnight when ordinarily there
would have been but few knocking
down the pins.
Seventy-five bowlers were at work
when "Chubby' Manser, of baseball
fame, who is great pin-knight, saw
| flames creeping up the stairs and his
cry of fire was heard by Assistant
Wire Chief John Leff1ngwell of the
fire department. whose bowling ball
had just registered strike. He ran
to the telephone and gave the alarm.
4 When the firemen got there they
fought the flames, which were fiercest
in the basement. AT 2 o'clock. they said
they had the fire under control when
there was a powerful burst of fame
from the second floor, which caused the
f1remen to get off that, floor in hurry.
Then the flames ragged harder than
ever and when the firemen saw that
the building and its contents were
doomed they spent their energy saw
ing the Baker Printing Company at SO
,,atar l., thare
Tho,, s,,eo ,,1a1,oa yota, on the hui,d :
i,o 90 NTor,lat street tbe Ground 1oor
:. of which is occnn;ed NV tbe PeonIe's
tIoan co,,nanv ana the second third
and fourth foors hv tho willard Annex
lodpine-house the occnnants of which
were in near manic MANY of the
1odeers were in scantv attire and suf-
ferinp from the cold and IT was s
o'clock this morning before they went
back to their rudelv disturbed slumbers
IF Wisschuse, is the owner of the
alIeys. There were sixteen in all. six
/, of which were installed last October. at
cost exceeding IS OO0 The building is
? owned by the J. J. Sporr estate. of Han
rison.
Samuel Baker. of the Baker Printing
Company. said TODAY that for two days
members of the firm and EMPLOYEES
have smelled smoke and were sure that
a fire was smoldering somewhere in the
vicinity. They made thorough search
of the building but could not find it.
This gives rise to the theory that the
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