Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-27
CAR BARN DEBRIS
REMOVAL BEGINS
Police Gordon Keeps Thousands
IRON OVerrunning $500,
600 Fire Ruins.
Bull DING WAS NEWARK'S
OLDEST CAR LINE EDIFICE
New Structure Will Be of Fire.
proof Material, Says Public
Service Official.

IRE work Of clearing away the
esbr4s OF the 100000 FIRE which drove
eight families from their homes and
destroyed the Bergen street carhouse
Saturday night was begun today.
Members OF the stricken families re-
turned 10 the scene Of the fire, but
Rere unable to recover but little Of
their belongings. The Public Service
will rebuild the shop portion Of the
structure.
Captain Samuel Brown, Of the
sixth precinct, has established police
lines at the ruins to keep away the
thousands of persons who come to
view the wreck.
II is believed tine IRE started from
N oVerheated stove in a workmsn's
snack at the rear of the carhouse.
Eugene a. Mullen. the station
master, sent in the alarm from the
ecmpany's private box. At that time
tae fire was burning briskly, and
when the first engine arrived second
Arst alarm was sounded at S:42 p. m.
Spreads TO Adjoining Dwelling.
Spreading to the double, six-family
frame house at 619 Hunterdon street,
the fire ate its way through the
structure and entirely Quilted it. 1t
is the nearest building TO the car
house. The contents of the third
floor at $50 Hunterdon street we're
destroyed and the second floor also
damaged. This building is of solid
brick, and undoubtedly prevented the
flames from spreading further TO the
south
Across the street, at $40 Hunterdon
street. the flames also broke through
the windows. isniting the curtains
and causing considerable damage be-
fore chemicals extinguished the blaze.
showering sparks on the frame build
jngs on this side of Hunterdon street,
the fire threatened to destroy these
buildings also, burt the roofs were
guarded by firemsn with extin-
kuishers.
The police rescued the child of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Wolf from the third
floor of SIG Hunterdon street just as
the couple were returning home after
shopping. The families from all sur
rounding buildings left their homes
and two children were carried out
from the apartments Of Mrs. Louis
Wagner on the third floor of CIT
Hunterdon street.
Saved Little More Than They Wore.
The wrecked building at 619 Hun
tsrion street was occupied by the
Wolf family and Edwin Kaufman,
the owner, on the third floor; Ed
ward Fessinger and Elmore Van
Ness on the second floor. and the
families of Joseph Nichols and Ben
jannin F. Sabine on the first floor.
All had time to leave the building
IN safety. but saved little more than
they wore.
Mrs Kaufman was wearing a
wrapper and her husbands overcoat
when she appeared at the fire scene
yesterday. They found refuge with
nsighbors at SIS Hunterdon street.
Many wedding presents belonging to
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols, who were mar
ried recently. were destroyed with
their home. The Nichols and Van
Ness family had lived in the house
hut a short time.
When the flames ate through the
windows at 625 Hunterdon street
they destroyed the home of Paul
ssuenther, who lived on the third
aoor with his wife and two sisters.
Tine family Is with relatives. Heavy
property loss was also felt by Will
lem Stewart on the second floor. and
water destroyed much of the belong
itss Of Edward Carr and family on
the FIRST floor.
Public Service employees started
switching cars from the doomed
structure soon after the blaze was
discovered. After few had been
saved the overhead wires, carrying
80 volts. fell to the ground, making
It impossible to remove the thirteen
cars. which were destroyed. The
fallen wires also hampere6 the work
Of the flremen.
BY laying iron bridges over the
hose. trafsc on the Bergen and Cliff
Ton lines was resumed at IL o'clock.