Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-25
OEFYING FLAMES,
SCHWARTZ SAVES
FOUR FROM DEATH
Rushes Into Burning Building,
Awakens Sleeping Tenants,
Carries Out Children.
FLAMES START in
PICTURE THEATRE
Quickly Spread to Tenements at
Fourteenth Street and
SIKH Avenue.

A number of the tenants OF two COM
bination shop and fat buildings, corner
of Fourteenth street and sixth ave-
nue., which were destroyed by fire early
this morning, owe their lives to the
presence of mind and courage of Frank
Schwartz, driver of a milk wagon.
Schwartz. who was passing the build
ing about 4:30, heard boy calling him,
and looking around, saw the flames
burst from a first floor storeroom ut
378 Sixth avenue, which housed a NOV
picture show. Without moments
hesitation the driver leaped from his
seat, anchored his horse with a weight
and ran back to flre-alarm box 1885,
When he had summoned the firemen
he hurried to the burning buildings.
Aroused Two Families.
Fire from the moving picture theatre
had communicated itself to 376 and $3.50
and 3S2 Sirth avenue. AS none of the
occupants OF 376 had appeared Schwartz
made his way to that apartment
aroused Clement Basile, proprietor of
q barber shop on the first floor. and his
wife, and then made his way to the
third floor, occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Monker and their two children,
aged and 2 years. Schwartz seized
the children. and closely followed by
Mr. and Mrs. Monker hurried from the
rapidly burning building.
Mrs. Thomas E. Smith, wife of the
owner of the building at 37S-3S2 Sixth
avenue, in which the moving picture
show, the bowling alleys and the saloon
were located, was awakened shortly
aft ftav ~ oil Io,r
such as an explosion would make. Run
ming to the window she saw that the
moving picture theatre was in flames.
She reused her husband and he In turn
awakened Mrs. Henry Pauling. her
daughter. Mrs. Dressler. and 12-year
old Stanley Dressler, who occupied the
apartment above them. Stanley ran to
the street and called to Schwartz, who
was driving by
Diamond Recovered.
Roundsman Ruhl, who answered the
alarm from the Fifth Precinct police
station, made his way to the room oc-
cupied by the Smiths, after they had
vacated it, and recovered a diamond
stud valued at $500 and gold watch.
said to be worth $185. A valuable
horseshoe pin was lost.
The cause of the fire Is unknown, al
though 1t is known to have had its or
igin in the moving picture theatre.
James Sarissee, one of the proprietors
of the theatre, declared that every
thing was in good condition when he
and his partner, Edelinyer, left 1t last
night. The fire caused a loss of $4,000.
Three East Orange companies assist
ed in extinguishing the fire. 1t was at
first feared the flames would reach
frame buildings in East Orange and
give the department a hard battle
The East Orange men were first sum-
moned by alarm Truck and Chemical
Engines and answering the sum-
mons. They had been called out by
Fire Commissioner Baldwin, of East
Orange, who happened to be in the
vicinity of the ire at the time the
flames were first seen.
The East Orange men devoted their
efforts at the building on the southeast
corner of Fourteenth street and Sixth
avenue, with Chief Markwith in charge
Chief Ashley, of this city, later compli-
mented Chief Markwith for the work
of his men and thanked him for the as
sistance rendered.