Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-26
Awakened by Flames
Boys Cries Arouse
Mother.
ESCAPE BY WINDOW AS
BLAZE REACHES ROOM
Father, Returning to Find Home
Burned and Family Miss
ing. Becomes Frantic.

Awakened by the srreams of her I.
year-old son, Eugei.e, early to-day
Mrs. John @. Frey, al 10 Gouverneur
street, found herself hemmed in by
names and escape by the stairs shut
off.
FINALLY, after a STIR Bgle with the
child, who refused to lie saved WITH
out his mother, she succeeded IN
reaching the porch roof. from which
sne was rescued while the flames
We're burning about her.
Shortly after midnight. Rohort
Scott. the negro janitor of the North-
ern Republican Club. in BelleyiIlA
avenue, Just around the corner from
the Frey home, saw smoke coming
from an attic window, and befora
ne mad time to send In the fre alarm
ne heard the screams OF the child
ne rushed to the back door and
forced an entrance, but was stopped
wnen he reached the second floor
sby the fire. He called to his wife whe
was asleep on the third floor of the
club building, to throw him stem
ladder.
Climbs Down Fire Escape.
Climbing down the flre-escape ia
the second story roof the woman,
threw ladder to her husband. who
hastened to the. front of the burn-
ing house. The boy refused Ia he
rescued without his mother, but was
finally torn away from her. but not
until he shad inflicted painful
scratches on her arms in his efforts
TO drag her to safety with him. shs
was then assisted to the ground.
clad only in her night dress
They were hastened across thA
street to the house of Alexander
Brine. where they were administered
TO by an ambulance surgeon.
while the rescue was being n1afje
Mrs. Maud Roberts, OF 1e c:ouverne,,r
street, telephoned to the fire denart-
ment, but In the meantime Attorrley
Horace G. Grice, of Gouverneur
street, who was just returning horne.
turned in the fire alarm. The Are
apparatus responded quickly and
their effective work saved the ho,,sa
from total destruction. The entire
interior of the second floor had been
burned out. with all Its contents.
Were Soon to Move.
The furniture and clothing of the
family were packed up for moving.
the house having been rented to 4
New York family, who was to have
taken possession the latter part n
n6 L
Manhattan to complete arrangements
with his tenants.
Later he attended a Masonic meet-
ing In New York, and did not re-
turn home until about 2:30 this morn
Ing. Seeing his home wrecked. ana
not knowing the whereabouts of his
wife and son he became frantic. and
before he could be informed OF their
safety and whereabouts he ran I'm
the street screaming for them. Once
the family was united their Joy was
complete
Little Eugene was SO eiated over
MS mothers rescue that he would
not go to bed all night, and this
morning was playing about the house
In his pajamas, none the worse for
his experience of the early morning.
Mrs. Frey's mother and her BROTH
er, w. r. Vanecek. an attorney of
Passaic, were notified of the fire and
hastened to this city in an automobile,
bringing clothing for both, and later
In the day carried the family to Pas-
sale.
Origin Of Fire a Mystery.
The origin of the fire is still un.
known. There had been FIRE in the
kitchen stove early in the evening.
but 1t is thought that 1t had died out.
and the kitchen was not damaged
except by water.
From the appearance of the charred
ruins Captain Martin, of the Salvage
Corps. expressed the opinion that the
fire had started on the second-story
hall, just outside the bedroom in
which Mrs. Frey and her son were
sleeping. The flames spread rapidly
toward the front of the house, gut
ting the entire second floor and attic,
the building being ~ s-story wooden
structure.
While going through the ruins to-
day Mr.. Vanecek found the charred
handbag of his sister. and In it was
purse which contained $s7 in bills
which had not been damaged.
Damage to the building, which was
owned by Mr.. Frey, and the props
erty loss was approximated at SO, 600.
which was entirely covered nv insirr.