| Show N T G FLAMES I 1 J 0 0 secretary tn tracys cys wife and daughter 0 dead I 1 a HE OIT OLT 1 iobst 1 most Shot ilog Fata lill evoil at the coton tir fira it least tea ten bodies burned to a crisp A 1 secretary Tra tIll hile ilife nod per i 1 if 10 in the fire and an be he It baix alies unton a m feb 2 the house ot of detary tracy caught fire at this morning and was completely demolished it is i a three story and the tile basement of brick situated on first street between connecticut avenue and seventeenth street and lias has recently undergone extensive improvements persons pausing passing the house at seven this morning saw smoke bissu ing from the front windows and at once rasel an alarm of fire the fire end and police department rep p prom rom lly the premises ieee were almost concealed by the dense smoke that was thickened by a heavy lay fox which wa waa 3 j juet U 1 1 t efting it was aon di discovered covel covered cl 1 that tile b a oil was all ablaze inside and arid that the tile main stairway was burnt thus cutting off cout communication in un cation will the ale sleeping ping apartments apart menti biti on the ond and third floors several streams ot of water were wr re pla ed on the tile fl flamed ameir and every e effort faur t was wai made ti 0 check the fira fire and arid rea berue ue tile aum ium ites A scene arene of the willest m enaney w when lien it was waa known that all he b berkof ers of the family m era in the li housa otiss rhe fi firemen emen behaved like heroes in the emaid ncy aud and went through the fire and arid smoke search sc archim iniz for them in different apartments sirs mrs wil merdine the Secre daughter r s aud miss Wilnie idine forcel their way through the tile blinding smoke aud and I 1 I 1 limped 1 m ped from the story window r aront 0 tit ladders were malsed based for them but in their excitement they failed to see them mrs wilmerding Wil merdine broke her left wrist and was seriously bruised her tier daughter was badly injured about the lower limbe but broke no bones they both sulT buffered ered pe re verely from the shock they were we re taken at tit onca once to the residence nc of dr baxt hotter e r near by and restoratives restora livee tives applied while this pad acene scene was being enacted iii in front of the tile house the firemen were engaged in the tile ba bak k removing other members of the family from front the rear two more bodies were taken from the burning building one wag was that of the 8 daughter miss marie a young lady about fourteen years ol 01 age the other was a one of the Per servants B th tit la ladies lies were burned to a crisp and were wera w by their I 1 aturya miss tr bricye L Y body wa it ht d from t the hotbo others 7 only by the tile iu texture ol 01 what rema lied of lier tier sto kings the tile charred clia re remains were taken to an undertakers der takers aftab ia in the vicinity where pliny were A ere joined toon after br by i he remains of amri M ta tay y Pe creary tracy hid a most w wonderful escape pe like all the others be he wae was 0 overcome in lua his sleep 1 by the a smoke moke which tilled filled the house and r bridei e d him completely helpless help leaa ho ile was discovered in this condition oi and with considerable biffi difficulty eu ity removed to a place near one of t lie window e cries for a ladder were quickly answered and many willing jilling I 1 ands were raised to assist him to hl t the he ground he ile was at once one r to a neighbors house houpe and was soon surrounded by physician in including eluding drs wales an aniLI atu tush p hile was as suffering sull tiring from a asphyxia the doctors applied arlisle I 1 at means t ti in ducq re spirA iol ion and euce odel I 1 at after ter an hours work ri restoring him to semi Ilis firsti inquiries it upon recovering duesi were viere in regard to the safety of his family lie ife la is gradually gradually gaining in strength and irs a friends are very sanguine of hie his coincide complete recovery later olater mrs tracy wife of the sec see reary mies miss tracy who is the youngest daughter and josephine josephine a french maid as an the result of the fire now lie dead the secretary is still in a etu por from the ear effects acts of in h haling ii 9 the emoke smoke airs Wil meriline the eldest ot of the secretary is its in a nemi conscious condition su suffering f from a ariet and arid per e ness miss alice wilmerding Wil merdine merdin e thirteen years of age secretary tracys granddaughter ie is su fering from nervous prostration and shock latent accounts are that secretary and mrs tracy occupied a bi b k roam in the second story mrs ira tracy it ia is thought was first awakened by lie the suffocating smoke secretary twy tray was at that time unconscious and mrs tracy with heroic devotion attempted to drag the inanimate body 0 of I 1 the secretary to the window in thie she he partially succeeded half dazed dozed and olinde blinde I 1 by the emoke smoke she site opened the window and arid just ae as the firemen were putting up till the tile ladder to rescue her she leaped to the sidewalk her ifer body wae was picked up with severe internal injuries u and a broken leg she wae was tak taken ell to a neighboring house and without recover recovering in g ewo died within an hour the ladder which would have paved lire traced life lifa hal bal ehe alto waited but a moment bedoe leap leaping i na to file side sidewalk A alk wae was eo eom eoin in placed under the tile window and strong hands littel the body of f secretary tracy through it and anti c carried him to the sidewalk the tile secretary was at first thought to ba be dead but it wan wait discovered that a lini mall till spark of life yet remained pd at 11 he lie was reported aa as improving though at that time he had bad not riot gained it and was of course unaware of the tile death of his wife and daughter miss alias tracy the unmarried daughter I 1 occupied tho third story front r room m ill and met with a terrible f fate ate the young oung laly y could bo be ten aen at the window iu in the tile light t list flickered flick pred in b r tween the blinding smoke and fl ll lines clad in a white robs her hands were in the tile attitude of prayer and her lace face wai wall uplifted to heaven the flames gradually hemmed her in and ehe she finally sank to the floor only to be again by tier charred remain the french maid mald josephino Joae phino met a similar fate in the ad adjoining room where her charred and blackened remains were found washington feb 3 the boding of mrs and miss tracy will be taken to tho white house tins this afternoon secretary tracy will be demov removed ed to the same piece tomor tomorrow to morrow row ur dr who was one of tho tile physicians in attendance upon secretary tracy said this ilia afternoon that the secretary was gett getting g along very well and the only dan danger ine r now to be feared ia to that the smoke in hie ilia lunge lungs will cause canoe bronchitis the secretary I 1 I 1 J I 1 si I 1 I 1 he to added 1 dd e iwas was bear bearing ingup ap brav bravely elyin in hia ilia g great eat affliction mrs alta unicy a endeA endeavored vered to escape from rom the tie raging element by dropping herself from rom the bedroom bed romil room wind window w and in the effort to decrease the tile di 01 distance to the tile gro ground Tind etie silo grasped rag pod a narrow stone tone window all sill t ana and lowered bersee as a far as elic silo wa was s able those who aw her tier in her tier perilous position loti ted to her ber to hold on jut either blie she did not riot hear or her strength 1 tailed 11 d tier after thus banging hanging a moment between lile life and de uli ailt elie silo tell fell forty ctet into the area way before anything could be done tow toi ards re rec cuing ning or relieving hei tier fall sie se was ely taken to the tile house of 0 a neighbor r doctor and placed upon a lounge in the sitting room she silo was perfectly coi co i scions and did dil not seem to buffer suffer pain ehe she complained of of op pre re eion in the boyhood of lier tier g heart art ad difficulty in breathing she talked achl coughed slightly and the then became silent the physicians aked li at each other A clr ro tt travy sey m as dp dead ad the tile cause of tier death aa wai supposed to b bo from injured 3 to her heart sustained in ilio the fall from the window ft bich flooded winded her inne luni is with bloj blod it is eaid said had she staled her movement movements a it col chapla pie of minutes ladders and mattresses ma tresses and oilier other meaos means of safe escape escapa would have been at hand land her fler body was soon removed 0 o th the a r residence eci dence of attorney Atto iney general miller on mas avenue aidi bet t t time wo bodies 8 were ta iun ten f ont the burning building one ws the ilia Secre daughter aties mary and the tile 0 lir was that of the french frerich maid josephine joephine that 0 of tile former was found by chief 1 rish lying on tile floor in the second 8 alry hall at the tile head of lie stairs ale had evidently evi eviden denly ay died from suffocation cation ohp chief lifted the lizele life 1818 s body in his arm and although the staircase was ablaze he be brought it safely out into IWO the street it ia Is aid paid that Miss tracy could have saved herself if aier ter strength had held out a few minutes longer 01 the french maid little ia is known save that her dead body was found in her tier room on the top story of 0 the houie houte burned beyond recognition both bodies were taken undertakers der takers establishment in the vicinity james welch the Secre butler said paid 1 I sleep in the basement bie ement and this morning I 1 got up abaft 30 there was nu no smell of fire and no appearance appearance of anything wrong about 7 I 1 started to clean my dining room when ben there wan was a ring at th tin 3 bell and arid when I 1 answered ns ered it a colored man aid faid your house is on oil fire at once I 1 rushed ui up to arouse the family i aly end and alil although I 1 ough the smoke was very thick I 1 succeeded in knocking oc king at every door and from each one I 1 secured a response treuil I 1 tc KI gj dawn stairs and nearly choked wit with smoke I 1 fell three times but finall finally v got to the front d or I 1 went around to the rear and tried to get a ladder so aa a to reach he the a awl sire bd bed toom arr I 1 z tritty was as at the tie window wildow and a few of us who were there Rp appeal d to to kaep sill aill for a ingate more morn ehe she climbed a out ar m on the bill sill and lowered la herself e rbell unil blie hung her hands in cn the T arrow attune t ine p oj action everybody badr who ho saw tier yelled to her tier to bol hold on for a moment a d we looked arou abou d tor for something po on which to catch her to ai ti break the tile fall which had to come how long did mrs airs tracy hang there nt not mo more re than a few seconds eee she to tod d me tile at Wt erard erward ehe phe slipped she silo ml fell I 1 into nto the area way alcoa touching me ine in her tier witt swift du de kemt 1 I 1 was on the airout d level and struck on her tier left eid side no 0 o found sound f save a little ancoli rent murmur came irmi fr w her lips I 1 picka her up and carried her tier into house I 1 to those who were admitted to 8 a view of the destruction of the property robertr roper tr tile bed room wit which i ell hal la I 1 been ell occupied by try secretary aad ad ai M s truty wae WAS t lie principal pointon point 0 interest itis it is the rear rea room on the tha second bior and roust must have been a beautiful apartment everything is black and soak ezakel with water tho room ie is a bue huge cinder on the tile third loor floor in the tile central front wae was the roan ro in mccu pied lust last night ly by tracy this was ruined almoite beyond doca I 1 tion lien char ed in eor corner the ceiling caling aone the doors burned out cinders ankle deep covered the tile flor and what the flame i imd haid aired i vi a as destroyed by water the fire originated gated iu in tho tile parlor near an 0 open ell fi liro lr ilao ila o whether it originated from the prate grate or a li heating abing pipe trips is not known the furnace is in the tile basement directly beneath where the fire tire started aad and the pipes leading to the cupl er stories pass in the rear tf ci tile wood work the firemen generally think the woodwork wood work ca caught fire from the tile heated floated pipes the president received a large number of telegrams of condolence this morning owing to the ilia end pad event the nt fit and mrs airs harrison have re cabied the invitations to the state dinner in honor lionor of the tile supreme coart court on thursday next the remaina remains of otmis M a tracy at ld aNliss tracy lie tonight to night hi III a casket in the tit center of the east room of the white house beneath the crystal cliar chache de liers light less than a week ago shone tit upon 0 n them a they gayly greeted their numerous friends frien Is ls at the tile last presidential reception the indies balies were brought to the white house at 0 6 by ord r of the president who tie has taken charge of whatever arrangements range ments for the flin fineral eral it was necessary to make at present the final arrangements arrange menta will not be ma ie lo until the arrival of locreta secretary T r abys con eon and find general catlin rit his b anther iu la law who silo are expected tonight to night aho tho president visited secretary tracy again tine this evening and found him film regaining strength though still hardly able to realize the great loss lose he has sustained FIRE IT WW sam prior to the bestee the th Sik likening ening sight after the be fire vw was over BOSTON peb feb 2 it is now known that in this mornings north street fire tire ten lier persons sons vi ere burned to death three oilier fatally injured and arid six more seriously it if not mortal mortally 31 hurt it Is believed the fire in a clothing store on the first floor flor before ile it was nas discover 1 d I it had eaten through a partition vre 01 rf cf the hll lill way which contained conti ined stairs leading to tile tn Is above and anti thua thus tit olt all escapa for the oc it rants the scene which red mn ain ng rig the in maes alien they wre awakened acie ere of the exciting decryption shrieks of if borror groa a of agony ad cries for help bell filla fillad groans ti the I 1 s air men slen women and children filled the windows and piteously pie ded for help 8 inie of the tile more tiresome even hung from the windows by only a flight hold on the tills bills ladders Lail dere wore 1 hoisted hoie teJ lines of hose were quickly run off and they were taken from their positions of peril and the wounded taken to aslie where h heir i h injuries con could bo be cared tor for A afler t the ire fire was practically chief webber followed by severah several firemen went into the building buil ilici and with ascended to the tile upper floors alen they reached t them i ein a eight that horti horrified fleo them neet met their eyes under one of the windows waa wan lying a crouched human torto burned almost to a crip tho the two palms clasped clamped together and kneeling as its though in lo prayer from alie flames below to the streeta was impossible because the stairs were a roaring mass of fire the terrill d victims had evidently rushed to the upper floor in their attempts to escape and bad there been roasted as though h held e id in a furnace fur nae serious suspicions have been crafted that lite fire was vias the work of incendiaries and one benjamin simonds has been arrested on suspicion |
