Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06
FIVE DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
AND SIX ARE INJURED
Newark, Ohio, Building Proves Trap
for All of Its Oc-
cupants. sr -,

NEWARK, Ohio, January Give per-
sons We're killed and six injured, two of
whom will die. when fire early this
morning destroyed the Gus Kern Hotel
OH I'd street here. Not single one of
the eleven people who were in the build
ing when the fire was discovered escaped
death or injury.
The building was a two-story frame
and brick structure, and was entirely
consumed
Dead and Injured.
for the Wehrle Stove Company; John
Ziggett. forty. a Hungarian workman;
Joe Mcfarland, thirty, painter; Louis
Stelzer, forty-four, molder, and one uni
Identified man. ia
The injured-Roy Underwood, thirty
five. may die; George Albert, fifty-eight,
p'asterer, will die; James Russell, forty.
laborer, will die: Arthur Grubb, thirty
eight. night clerk, seriously burned
George Prior and an unknown woman.
The hotel. which was located directly
opposite the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton. was owned by Gus Kern, former
saloonkeeper, who lost his license and
had since been running his place as a
restaurant, with a lodging house of
thrty-five rooms in connection. Kern is
in Columbus, and knew nothing of the
fire until word was sent to him there.
Policeman Discovers Fire.
Policeman john Goff discovered the fire.
He awoke Night Clerk Arthur Grubb, who
was asleep in chair in the office. Grubb
ran to the second floor to awaken the
lodgers His escape was cut off and he
was badly burned and injured jumping
from a window.
All those who escaped leaped from sec
ond-story windows. Stelzer, Mcfarland
and the unidentified victim were burned
to death in their beds. Ogle was found
at the entrance Of his room, face down
ward on the floor. Ziggett reached the
rear stairs. where his escape was blocked
by a locked gate. An Investigation of the
blaze will be started by John Baird, dep
uty state fire marshal, who lives here
There were no fire escapes on the build
ing.
Fifty Flee in Night Clothes.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January 6.-Fffty
guests of the Bismarck Hotel here fed
in their night clothes when fire broke out
in the building early this morning. The
hotel was one of Nashville's landmarks.
A general alarm was turned in. and by
quick work the firemen extinguished the
flames after the top floor had been de-
stroyed. The structure is six stories in
height. No one was seriously injured.
Paterson Has 500, 900 Fire.
PATERSON. N. j., January 6.-Fire
early today destroyed the Paterson Opera
House and threatened many nearby
frame buildings. from which the police
ordered more than 200 families. before the
tiremen got the blaze under control. The
loss was estimated at 100000. Five fire.
men were overcome by smoke while
carving hose in the opera house. All
were rescued by their fellow-hremen.
Tire Endangers Independence Han.
PHILADELPHIA, January 6.-The en-
yelope factory of Charles ]. Cohen &
Son was badly damaged by fire today
The loss is estimated at 100000. Six
hremen were slightly injured.
The Cohen building is within a short
distance of independence Square and fire.
men were stationed on the roof of the
historic structure to prevent sparks from
setting it on nre.