Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14
25F|RES IN CITY
FOLLOW IN WAKE
OF THE COLD WAVE
Firemen Worn Out by Almost
Constant Battle With Flames
in Freezing Weather.
LABOR LYCEUM DAMAGED
IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE
Loss Is Estimated at About
S14,5oo by Chief
Moore.

Twenty-Five fires, including eleven
today, have kept the local de-
partment on the jump since the ad-
vent of yesterday. The worst blaze
today was at the Labor Lyceum.
where $4,000 damage was done. All
told, s14,500 damage has resulted, ac-
cording to the estimate of Chief
Moore. of the fire department.
Alarms have come in during the
past thirty-six hours with exhilarat-
ing regularity The firemen have
been taxed to the utmost. They have
had to fight blaze after blaze in the
biting cold the ice forming in thick
sheets on their uniforms while they
worked
The cold wave was responsible for
the outbreak of many of the fires.
Overheated stoves, fiues forced be-
yond the safety limit and careless
| methods of thawing water pipes
We're chargeable for a large number,
Fire early today swept the Labor
Lyceum, 708 South Fourteenth street
wrecking the entire interior.
Although the thermometer was
below zero and the icy blasts chilled
the firemen almost stiff, they fought
| the fires with determination and
an lOuT 5 nara IRnIlDR ROI Ift
upper hand
Fred Meisenoff, the watchman dis
covered the flames. They had started
Lunder the cellar stairs. Before turn
| ing in the alarm he is believed to
! have made an effort himself to eX-
| tinguish the fire. 1t spread quickly.
however, and he was forced to call
the fire department
When the firemen arrived flames
A1..xt- h. = fVnrr
and shooting high in the heavens.
The headway the flames had gained
| made the work difficult for the fire.
men to fight. Water froze almost as
quickly as it left the hose, and not
q few of the hosemen were almost
completely covered with icicles. The
suffering from the cold was intense,
The Labor Lyceum building is a
21s- building, constructed of
brick. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
Fire of unknown origin started at
$40 a. M today in the second floor
| apartments of Dominick Bontento, II
| Seventh avenue. The blaze was out
| by the time the firemen arrived.
Damage to the extent of $40 was
done.
| A 7stil till.salarm of fire brought the
| firemen at $40 a. m. today to the
| NOME Oh MIS-. MARY Whlte, b2 Eighth
| avenue. The blaze was caused by q
defective chimney. Practically no
damage was done.
There was a small fire early today
| in the two-story frame house at Sc
| Pacific street. Tt was caused by a
, defective f1ue. The loss was slight
Joseph Pucciriallo, a cobbler, occu-
pies the first floor The damage
amounted to about $50
Fires from attempts to thaw out
frozen water pipes which required the
attentions of the fire department to-
day were: In the home of Edward
Snyder, at 21S Norfolk street, which
| effected damage of $25; in the fac
tory of the New Jersey Leather
Manufacturing Company, at AZ Kent
street, causing a loss of $40, and in
the store of Louis Shulman, at 81
Ferry street, where the damage was
! trifling.
/ Hot Goals falling on a kitchen floor
started a fire in the home of John
Slate, at 452 Washington street. en-
| failing damage of S..
| The full list of the fires in the city
..since yesterday and today is as fol-
lows:
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