Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-08
FLAMES SPREAD
At ROOSEVELT:
GREAT DAMAGE
Hard Work BY Firemen
Saved an Entire Block
From Being Raced.
WOODBRIDGE SENDS HELP
Flames Started in Auto Body
Factory-Spreads to Ga
- rage an dthen to House.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION
WOODBRIDGE SENDS HELP
TOTAL DESTRUCTION
Other Houses Damaged, But
Saved BY Efforts of the
Combined Fire Cos.
fBy Evening News Correspondent
LII II IiIlM 2-Eirp Nli

ROOSEVELT. July Sire which
started at 4:35 yesterday afternoon
and burned until 9 o'clock last night
threatened to destroy an entire block
but was finally stopped by the fire.
q men after a factory, garage and two
family house had been totally de-
, Btroyed and the roof of another
house considerably damaged. The
total damage is placed at $30,O50.
The blaze was started by the explo-
sion of a gasoline engine in the auto
mobile body factory Of Max Leoeo-
WITT, at / Woodbridge avenue. Two
fire companies of Roosevelt and one
krom Woodbridge fought the flames.
The body factory where the blaze
btarted was a one-story frame struc-
! lure. The lumber. paint, oil and
rasoline stored in the building great
" aided the blaze and by the time
lhe firemen arrived the place was a
mass Of flames. The damage to this
building is estimated to be 100000.
The building was covered by insur-
tnce.
From the factory the blaze spread
20 a one-story garage building twen-
}y-fve by seventy feet. This building
mas owned by John Harrington, Sr.
The damage on this building, which
was partly covered by insurance,
amounts to $4,000.
The next to be claimed by the
Hames was a two-family frame
house containing ten rooms, also the
propegty Of Mr.. Harrington. The
damage Is estimated at $1,000.
Fifty dollars damage was done to
the roof Of a house across the street
owned by Morris Majyi. Considera-
xble damage was also done to the
residence of DR.. Samuel Messenger,
the paint being scorched from the
neat and windows being cracked.
This was the biggest fire the bor-
ough has had in the past six or
seven years. The firemen deserve
great credit for the way they fought
the blaze, which time and again
threatened the entire block. Many
times the firemen were driven back
by the flames that burst out again
rs more NRint, oil and gasoline
became fW ed.
The .mily house was the
! Third struce,tr~ to go. This was oc-
Alexander Smogy. Both the Har-
ringtons and Smogys lost all their
furniture and other household arti-
8cles. During the blaze Mrs. Smogy
went into the burning house and it
was some little time before the fact
THAT she had entered the house was
called to the attention of the fire.
men. They finally succeeded in get
ting her out of the burning building
by the back door, and took her to
The homo Of a neighbor. Mrs.
. Smogy was in a hysterical condition.
About 400 feet Of Public Service
electric light wire and poles were
burned down, thus putting the serv-
Ice in the borough out Of commits
sion. Public Service employees work.
ing in another section of the bor-
ough, succeeded in placing new
y poles and giving the borough tenn
porary light last night. the power
being turned on at 8:45.
six streams of water were kept
4s~constantly on the blaze, the pres
sure being obtained from two large
\ pump engines. Five fremen were
detailed to watch the burned area
1 last night so that sparks from the
ruins would not set other buildings
4 pn fire.
The firemen were called out at 5
Il O'clock today on a still alarm when
fire was discovered in the estab-
\ Hshment of J. Mousner. The dam
Slge was estimated at $50.