Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-07-25
TWO BIC FIRES
IN 7 HIS CITY
AND CARTERET 7
Spontaneous Combustion Is
Cause of $4,000 Fire in
New Brunswick Avenue
CARTERET PLANT RAZED
Fumes from Exploding Chem
icaIs in $40, 900 Carteret
Fire Hinder Firemen

An extra alarm fire, caused by
spontaneous combustion, threatened
to do a great amount of damage In
the thickly built section of New
Brunswick avenue between East ave-
nue. and Park avenue at 4:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon but excellent
work by the firemen kept the dam
age down to about $4,000. Two
horses. imprisoned in their stalls by
the sheets of flame through voich
rescuers could not pass, were burned
to death.
The fire started III the one story
frame building in the rear of 232
and 234 New Brunswick avenue used
as barn and storehouse for flour
| hay and grain. The intensity with
which the blaze burst forth through
the roof of the building would indi-
cute that spontaneous combustion
had caused the fire. which had been
smoul6 ering for so 'ie time. to burst
into flames when an amount OF fresh
ar entered the barn either through
its way through the roof, o permitting
air 10 enter the barn
The fire burst through the roof of
the shed with a roar and a huge
cloud of black smoke. The volcanic
force with which the blaze swept
skywards aroused the attention of
several persons In that vicinity and
Herbert Madison, of tie Maple Ga
rage, and Michael Lehotay, of 240
New Brunswick avenue. at once ran
to the fire box at Elm street and
New Brunswick avenue, Box 1886.
The tar paper roofing made excellent
tinder to the fire and this burning
tar made a dense smoke which pour
ed into the building adjoining the
blazing stable.
The interior of the shed and barn
was a yeritable inferno, making 1t
imp ossible for anyone break In to
lead out the two horses fastened In
their stalls. The two animals were
burned to death and two bakery
wagons, belonging to Jack Parnes,
of 238 New Brunswick avenue, were
destroyed as we'll.
Seeing that the shed and stable
was doomed the firemen upon their
| arrival at once started to prevent
the fire from doing any more dam
age than 1t had already caused to
surrounding buildings. Luckily the
buildings adjacent to the blazing
shed were of brick construction or
they would never have been able to
survive the intense heat from the
burning barn.
Part of the shed and barn was In
the rear of the two story brick build
ing in which Emanuel Doneson con-
ducts a feed store on the first floor
and lives on the second floor. This
building, located at 232 New Bruins
wick avenue, looked doomed for the
first few minutes but the firemen
quickly extinguished the flames
which had eaten their way inside,
although smoke filled every room
and emerged from the windows, in
dicating that the entire interior was
on fire.
The two story building at 238 New
Brunswick avenue, owned by Parnes
| in which his bakery shop is located
was also damaged by the fire. Smoke
| was pouring from the store of d,
Diamond at 230 New Brunswick ave.
| nue. and for a time it appeared as
though his place would burn but IL
escaped with little or no damage ex-
cept from smoke.
The damage done ny the fire was
estimated to be $4,000 to the build
ings and $1,000 to stock. Sergeant
Kozusko and Patrolmen Mason.
Ludwigsen, and Egan were present
at the fire. The fire was finally ex-
tinguished after an hour or more
of hard work.
(CoE;in. ed on page G