Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31
Bind Woman Leaps
From Window, Impaled
on Fence.
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
AMONG THE INJURED
Man. Trapped IN Attic, Unable
to Escape, Is Burned
to Ashes.
ONE CANNOT RECOVER o
IN PATERSON HOLOCAUST
Only Stairs to Second Floor OF
Dwelling Are Burned Al
most Instantly.

PATERSON, Dec. 31.--one man and
one woman dead and a blind
fatally injured il the toll of the latest
"Black Hando outrage, which took
plnce here early today. An explosion
followed by a fire, wrecked d double
tenement at No. seeley street. One
tenant was burned TO ashes and three
others now lie I'm the hospital In a
critical condition, while several were
slightly hurt in the panic that ensned.
The dead ares
Mrs. Emma Clark, aged 4s, burned
about the head, face and body ana car
ried from the house, died at the e.enern.
Hospital.
Charles BoshsVI, aged 42, a boarder In
the Clark household. He was overcome
while trying TO escape and his body waz
inefnerated.
The dying:
Florence Clark, aged 70, and blind.
Her body was impaied upon a picket
fence and her lung punctured In snmp-
ing. At the General Hospital.
The injured
Mrs Hammond. aged %. suffering
from buEaz ehsur .ssssstssx .sssssx- = 8.
General Hospital
Michael Ward. III and sufrersns rro.,,
shock At the General Hospital
Patrick Sweeney, deputy fire cbiee
injured ma fall from the back STAIR
way during the fire and taken to his
home
This tragedy of the years e,a h.
stirred the authorities to action A rfrga
Investigation Will be made ax 10 fh~
cause of the confederation.
1t was shortly after 3 o'clock when
the occupants of the house were awakz
ened by an explosion.
Flames swept through the entire
building. Much time was lost in s,rm-
moning the fire department. By the
time the firemen arrived the structure
was mass of flames and was COM
municating to the house next door.
MIR. and Mrs. James Spear. who oc-
cupied the lower floor. had barely tine
enough 10 get out in their night-clo-has
before their escape was cut off. The
rear stairs by this time were burning
and all egress from the upper part OF
the dwelling was cut of. That was
the only entrance and exit.
The second floor was occupied By
Mrs. Clark and her daughter, who Is
blind, and their boarders, Edward and
Myra Hammond and Michael Ward
When they saw that they were cut
of from escape they leaped from the
second-story windows. Mrs. Clark was
picked up q broken and bleeding mass
Her daughter Florence landed on
picket fence. Myra Hammond landed
on her side and sustained broken
elbow. Her brother. Edward, was badly
burned by fire and severely shaken up
by the force of the fall.
The attic was used as sleeping quar-
ters by Charles Boshall and Michael
Ward Boshall attempted to escape,
but he was overcome by the smoke and
was burned alive. How Ward escaped
is q mystery. At the hospital he said
that he managed to make his way 70
the second floor and then jumped.
Believes Fire Incendiary.
That the fire on seeley street. which
has already caused the death of two
persons and likely 10 add a third, is Of
incendiary origin is the strong belief
of Fire Chief John Stagg. The police
have been called into the case. and
Detective Captain Tracey and his men
are working on some clues alleged TO
have been picked UP.
From the investigation made this
morning of the ruins there was no
evidence to show that the building had
been set on fire in the ordinary way.
Many of the residents of the block are
of the strong belief that bomb was
exploded right underneath the stairs
Many Of the people living nearby
heard the explosion, which sounded like
a gatIing gun. Not since the death of
Justice Cortese five years ago has
bomb outrage been committed in Pat
erson. Justice Cortese received a pack