Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
THREE PERISH
IN HOUSE BLAZE
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Moore that no loss OF life was discoy-
cred.
Room after room was searched. 1t
was not until well after daylight, al
most two hours after the fire started.
that 1t first became a known fact
that lives had been lost. First the
bcdv of woman was found lying
across bed on the top floor. The
face was entirely burned away, as
were the hands. The abdomen was
also burned free OF skin, exposing the
entrails. The limbs below the knees
were in fairly good condition, but
were without shoes or stockings
A few minutes later the news
spread that a second body had been
found I'm another room on the TOP
floor. This body was huddled up
within a step of a window leading
to the flre-escape on the north end
OF the building
J. was first reported that this was
the body OF o man and was believed
to be the twenty -year-old son OF
Jesse Webster, the negro janitOr OF
the building. Later it turned out
tHat the body was that of a negress.
II was the first body to be Identified
ar Mullins morgue The victim was
Lille Blue, a maid in the employ of
Dr. J. ". Reed, who with his aged
wife lived on the fifth floor on the
Broad street side of the building.
With the finding of these two bodies
Chief Moore notified County Physi-
clan William II. Mckenzie, who
reached the scene shortly before
o'clock. After climbing up the lad
ders and fire-escapes to the top floor
and viewing the bodies DR. McKenzi
ordrd thir rmoval To Mullins morgue.
BY this time the fire was practical
lv out and a more careful search for
bodies was conducted. The crowd
which had been large from 4 o'clock
on. grew rapidly in numbers as per
sons on their way 10 work stopped to
gaze at the ruins.
The third body was found between
the second and third floors. pinned II
the elevator shaft. This body, lik'
the one found on the top floor, wa!
badly burned and practically unrec
ognizable. But by this time can
vases made by tenants had revealed
the fact that only three persons were
missing. They were Miss Margare
Iealy and Miss Maria Walsh ant
Lille Blue, all Of them employed b!
families living in the building. Tit
servants had their sleeping rooms OF
the top floor.
stores on First Floor.
The occupants Of the first floor Of
the burned building We're the Wilcox
and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company
the Model Laundry, ana the Newark
Exchange for Woman's Work. Or
thesecond floor We're the offices OF
Hugh E. Fox, dentist, and Sarah r
Mead and Walter 5. Washington
Physicians.
While the fire did but little damage
to the medical and dental offices, ;
great amount of harm was wrought
by waite which cascaded through this
offices for several hours. DR., Wash,
ine-ton has established temporary of
noes with DIR. Wells J.. Fagleton, Il
Lombrady street.
The first body TO be Identified was
that of Lille Blue. The Identified
ton was made by her sister, Ella
Blue, employed as a maid by DR.
Everett p. Courtwright, II Centre
street. The clothing was almost en-
tirely burned from the body of tn
Blue woman, and her face was un
recognizable. At the morgue it wa
found that a shred Of the women
nightdress still adhered to the flesl
in the armpits.
When this was told TO Ella Blu
she asked to see the shred, sayinj
that about a month ago her sister
and herself had purchased nigh
dresses Of the same sort Of striped
material The burned and water
soaked piece of cloth was handed f,
Elaa Blue and she instantly identi