Show I I PULITZER DWELLING CONE Dwelling the Scene of a Sorrowful Tragedy I To Lois LOle Their Narron of a Total Lou Los New York Tork Jan handsome dwelling of Joseph Pulitzer the pro proprietor ot of the tho New York World In East street was destroyed by fire today and ond nt at least two lives lost When the flames had hod been extinguIshed the bodies of two women were found bad badly ly Iy burned One Is that ot of Miss Eliza Elisa Elizabeth Elisabeth beth Montgomery the governess find and the other ot of housekeeper Mrs Jel lett Iett In one hand ot of Mrs rs was firmly clutched hed a It Is she tried to thrust some of at her p personal effects before leaving her room Mrs Irs Jellett was n a widow and ond It was said that she had n a eon and daughter In Toronto One ot of the servants who escaped over oer the root roof said gald that he saw Mrs Irs Jellett on the root roof at al the lie time JL It Is supposed she went back for the bag which was found clutched In her lIer hand when her body was found At the tho time the tire fire began there were In the Mrs Irs Pulitzer her daugh daughters daughters EdIth 14 years ears old and Constance 12 and Mrs baby son two months old and twenty two servants Mr Pulitzer and hIs son Joseph Jr are ot at Lakewood N J 3 Mrs Pulitzer as asleep with her two daughters on the second floor loor The floor above aboe was occupied b by the nurse and he baby Mrs Pulitzer was wa awak awakened awakened ened by n a cracklinG noise She detect detected ed the smell or of smoke and almost Immediately afterward the electric tIre fire alarm sounded Mrs Pulitzer ran to one of the doors ot of the room but found It locked The Tho Theother other was open and taking her chit dren she started down stal staIrs shout shoutIng lag Ing the alarm After plaCing Edith and ond Constance In the street she hur nod up to the tho third floor and found the nurse with the bab baby In her arms about to get out on the fire escape The ivo o oman man us hysterical Mrs Pulitzer Quieted the nurse took the baby from her and together the they went vent to the street John OConnor the second butler had hada a 0 narrow escape Ire He slept on the top floor with another servant lie He was QI arou aroused ed by br Mrs Pulitzers cries and finding the smoke coming thIcklY up upward upward ward walked out along the window ledge to the root roof ot of the next house No NoH H 14 the residence of oC Alexander Malt alt land OConnor says he was overcome by the smoke moke and sank down when ho reached n a place ot of safety A compon Ion revived him and assisted him to the tho street The origin of the tIre fire Is unknown but It Is thought that It must have hae in the basement or In the tha lower portion by defective electric wiring It so se seI cured reat headway and In a short time was blazing from time the root While the crew ot of twelve firemen were at work on the he thIrd floor the floor fell carrying them to the Ule second floor Hauck was painfully hurt but at work The house contained a valuable his library and many carefully se selected works ot of art Nothing ot of value was saved aeJ The total lots loss Is estimated at The second body round found In the burned Pulitzer dwelling was Identified positively tely all as that ot of the governess Miss lIss Elizabeth Montgomery Death was caused by sUffocation |