Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
C.E H. STENCIL,
IS DEAD At &c
Newarker, Survivor of Titanic
Disaster, Caught Cold Dur
ing Auto Ride.

Charles T.. n. Stengel, of the leather
firm of Stengel & Rothschild, of this
city, and survivor of the Titanic dis
aster two years ago. died at his home,
1915 Broad street, yesterday. He was
fifty-six years old.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Stengel
went driving in an open automobile.
As result he contracted a cold which
developed into pneumonia.
Mr.. Stengel was rated as one of
Newark's most prosperous business
men.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow night at o'clock. Rev Henry
Rose, pastor of the Church of the
Redeemer, will officiate. Interment
Will follow in Fairmount Cemetery.
The death of Mr. Stengel vividly
brings TO mind the disaster of the
Titanic, which happened two years
and five days prior to his death Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Stengel were among the
few survivors of that Inflated vessel
Mr.. Stengel represented the third
generation of his family in the leather
business, and his death will not only
make itself felt in his firm and among
the large group of business associ-
ates, aside from the bereaved family
and his personal friends, but also
among the leather men throughout
the country at large, as Mr.. Stengel
was an authority ON the subject of
leather. Many times he was called
upon to give his expert opinion in
disputes.
Small Beginning.
From u small beginning more than
thirty years ago Mr. Stengel worked
the business up to its present dimen-
sions. The plant has always been
located in the same neighborhood
and once was destroyed by fire. To-
gether with brother-in-law Mr..
Stengel started the firm. the name of
which was Meyer & Stengel. Later
a new partnership was established
and the firms name became Freid-
man x Stengel. This partnership
was dissolved at the death of Mr.
friedman. whom Abram Rothschild,
"a relative. succeeded about a quarter
of a century ago. Then the firm be-
came Stengel & Rothschild.
The first of the family to engage in
the leather business in this city was
Christian StengeI, the grandfather of
the deceased, who came to Newark
from Germany with his family.
last century, when the leather indus
try in this country was still in its
infancy. The grandfather took Jacob
Stengel, father of the deceased, into
the firm, whose plant was located on
Plane street near Market street.
Jacob Stengel later established him
self on the hill" where the deceased
learned the business, in which by this
time Henry Ivan Stengel, a son of
he IL "A
generation being connected with the
present firm, as is also c. Alfred
Stengel, of 20 Hillside avenue. the
latter's uncle.
Mr.. StengeI devoted his time to his
business and his family, and besides
being a member of the Church of the
Redeemer belonged to one organiza-
ton, the National Carriage Builders
Association.
In 1883 Mr.. Stengel married Miss
Anna May Morris, daughter of
Charles Morris. of Brooklyn.
MIR. Stengel is survived by, besides
the widow and the son mentioned,
another son, Carl Raymond, and by
one daughter, the wife of United
States Lieutenant P. j. Horton, who
formerly was stationed at Fort
Slocum. but recently was transferred
TO Pensacola, Fla. Besides the
brother. c. Alfred Stengel, a sister
Mrs. Frank Budd, OF this city, sur
wives Mr.. Stengel also.
Saved by Carpathia.
In the Titanic disaster MIR. and Mrs
Stengel were among those rescued by
the Cunard liner Carpathia. They
were in their stateroom when the
Titanic hit the iceberg. They heard
The cries of the crew and went on
the deck. Mrs. Stengel was placed in
the second boat. In that craft three
stokers had already taken positions
of safety. Mrs. Stengel helped to
row the boat.
Mr.. Stengel got into the thirteenth
boat from the Titanic. In it was
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon and his
party The men saw a light and
rowed toward it. but it proved to be
an iceberg rejecting the northern
lights. Not long after they heard
explosions on the Titanic, which still
was in sight. After four hours the
party in the rowboat learned of the
approach of a ship by rockets in the
distance. Then they saw the lights
of the Carpathia.
Nathan II pOrfar EnruarIxy