Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-06-13

3 Buildings Damaged by Fir
This Morning-ShedS AL
most Destroyed
HORSE DIES IN BLAZl
Chief CampbeII'S First Fire
That Section of City Men,
aced at First

A number of frame residencea
she'd and the Eagle garage werE
threatened with destruction by firX
about 1915 O'Clock this morninI
when fire Of an unknown origiI
broke out in a barn in that sectloI
Of Prospetc street. When the blaxN
was first discovered the flames ha
mad such headway that clouds n
black smoke were soaring through
the roof and it was impossible 10
thos who hurried to the scene q
open the barn door and permit
horse, imprisoned inside, to make ii
escape.
The barn in which the fire origiI
mated is located in the rear of a tWaI
story two family house at s34 ProsI
pect street. The building and bar{
together with small sheds in rear 81
the property are owned by Hard
Margollus who carries Insurance..
A two-story house, owned 81
Henry Bodine, at 1892 Prospect sired
caught fire and another house i
the rear Of this structure, owned 81
Bodine and occupied by Joe Saboj
his wife and four children, was
the heart of the blaze, one windod
being dideetly over the flames. ThI
Saool house seemed doomed durin]
the early minutes of the fire, bu]
was saved.
Great clouds Of smoke could b
seen rising from the burning build
4 1ngs when the alarm was sounde
from Box 81 at Lehigh azerrYz .,si
/ Stanford street. Upon their arrivs
at the scene Of the fire the local fire
! fighters faced serious propositio,
as the intense heat from the burniu,
barns and sheds had already ignife]
the Sabol house adjoining and TIL
flames had leapt to the Bodine and
Margolius buildings. The heat brokl
one Of the windows in the largl
Eagle garage. which was only abou]
thirty feet from the burning build
ings and water was at once PLAYED
on this building and nearby resil
| dences which were beginning to bur1
/ or scorch.
Sheds in The rear Of buildings ol
Oak street caught fire and this added
/ to the firemen's troubles but quic1
and efficient work soon showed thai
the spread of the fire had beea
checked. The work of wetting dowd
adjoining buildings was started al
soon as the lines Of hose were con
/ nected, the intense heat from th|
fire scorching the buildings in sew
eral places in spite of these pre-
| cautions.
Motorcycle Officer Paul Laaydei
was,one Of the first on the scene and
rushed into the Sabol home and
searched all OF the rooms after hav'
Ing been told that there were foui
children in the family and both tn
mother and father worked. It wa
1 later learned that all of the childre,
We're safe in school. Smoke was is
lsuing from the windows of the Sabo
/ house and the building was burnfni
when Layden made his trip through
| it in search Of anyone who might bI
/ sleeping or trapped inside.
The Margolius two story resideuc.
/ in which reside the families o,
/ Thomas NJ. Feeney and Raymond T
/ Seguine Jared worse than any Of TIL
T buildings. except the barns and she'd
which were totally destroyed. Til
entire back Of the Margolius build
/ ing was burned and the furnishing
| damage by fire and water.
Only one family lived in the Bo
dine two-famly building, Morris
Klein and family occupied one floor
/ the other being vacant following tn,
making OF repairs, papering ani
painting.
No estimate of the damage eoult
be learned this morning bu
words Of praise could bi
heard on all sides for the firem "a
| because OF their efficient work Il
I checking the flames and preventinl
their spreading through the man,
frame barns. sheds, garages and resi-
| dences located in that block
This was the first fire Chief Johi
Campbell has attended since his tax
ing office on the first of the month
His first fire proved to be one sbov
the usual run Of small fire. md 6
fered an excellent opportunity Is
him TO display his knowledge Of IL
fighting methods in combating II
( flames About forty-five minuU U
after the fire was discovered the
der control" taps We're sounded,
horse was owned by a Fayette
! peddler but the name Of the
could not be learned.