Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-20
8 DEAD, I HURT
AS A RESULT OF
TWO BIG FIRES
Both Blazes Occur in
Elizabeth in "a
Hours.
MOTHER DIES AS SHE
TRIES TO SAVE BABES
Kerosene Poured in Stove May
Be Fatal to Woman. Son
and Husband.
Especial to the Newark star.

Especial Ia the Newark Star.1
ELIZABETH, N. j., Jan. 2O.-With
the injury today of Abraham Schultz,
his wife and 3-year-old son, the list
of Elizabeth fire victims within
twenty-four hours was brought up to
a total of three dead, two dying and
four seriously hurt
Mrs. Schultz arose at $3.50 to prepare
breakfast for her family at her home.
80 Marshall street. To hasten the fire
she poured on kerosene, which flared
up and ignited the oil can.
Her clothes alight, the woman
shrieked for help and dropped the
can. Its flaming contents shot across
the room, carrying the fire on every
side.
Schultz rushed in and tried to beat
out the flames from his wife's wrap
per. In doing so he was fatally
burned himself.
Aroused by the cries of his parents,
John Schultz, their S-year-old son,
toddled out into the furnace like
kitchen calling, Mamma! Mammal
Before he could dart back sheet
of fire had shot out and enveloped
him and he, too. was burned.
The father is dying in the General
Hospital and mother and child are
reported to be in a critical condition.
Trio Burned to Death.
This fire followed more disastrous
one yesterday at 907 Flora street, in
which, despite the heroism of two
girls, mother and her two daugh-
ters were burned to death and a man
fatally injured
The victims of this tenement blaze
were Mrs. Maria Antonia Cembrola,
"a years old; Rosina Cembrola, 5, and
Eva, 4.
The father. Standslao. 27 years old
dived head first through the smoke
from a third-story window He STRUCK
an extension ten feet below. rolled
over and tunbied to the sidewalk
He was the least hurt OF all.
Raffaele Marne, 21 years old, who
boarded with the Cembrola family,
was less fortunate. He jumped from
a rear window through a sheet OF
flames. His neck, arms and shoulders
were burned to a crisp. The ply
sicians at the General Hospital say
tidL ne Will ole.
Miss Anna Carolan and her sis
ter, Miss Evelyn Carolan. of Oil Flora
| street, were heroines of tfe fire. The
young women had been at recep-
tion at the home of a relative In
Bayonpe They returned shortly after
midnight. accompanied by their cou-
sin, Thomas Bulger, of 948 Garfield
avenue, Jersey City, when they sa W
! flames shooting from the house. The
young women telephoned to fire head
quarters and later awakened the
families of jeremiah O'Leary and
Michael Mulken, whose house is next
to the burned building. Both families
were asleep at the time.
The young women returned to the
porch of their home
Look" shouted Miss Eva Caro-
Ian, there is man jumping from
the window"
Together with her sister and cousin
she hurried to the rescue of Gem
brola. They carried him into the
home of the Misses Carolan when the
young women administered first aid
while awaiting ambulances for which
they had telephoned. All the time
Cembrola was calling for his family.
Dies Saving Babies.
From the positions in which the
bodies were found q is indicated that
Mrs. Cembrola Supreme Tcoiff ssperate
effort to save Nelson Y. Dunge elder
girl, put was D questi-vfsAs ny the
| flames and smoke. The charred body
of the infant was found in the CEN
tire of the bed, indicating that the
| mother had picked the child up and
| finding that she was unable to gain
the hallway, again placed it on the
bed Mrs. Cembrolas body was
found at the foot of the bed. where
she had evidently fallen trying to
| reach Rosina, who slept in crib.
! The mothers hands were raised in
an attitude of prayer when her body
was found.
1t is believed that the first intima-
tion the family had of the fire was
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