Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-28

1 ~ ran - Eyes
| " lii gentle Ipyit Fem 70 re
| - WHb Ayqmgnibizs lo!easor erozvsd,"
g IND recent fJ0~ tbesy fiery grace
TIE CbAiyen r0biab 81 aTs4 " 70 Esvs,
On la'zVy Piaioay bovsr y0Uad.
AT Eaaport, on the night Of the a4'h alt
| the dwelling houle Of JosEPa PRiNcE, Eiq
was eiicovercd 70 I've on fire by Mrs. Prince,
who was awaked BY her infant, which was
unwcll She alarred Mr.. Prince, told him
| that fome OF the domellics were up, or che
houle on FIRE, for ihe heard d mapping ike
that oocaiioned by fire He ipruns up, rufhcd
in,o the kitchen, and found It filed with
fmoke, and the fire making rap progrers
irDm an saiey kitchen. Ever coilctsed il cafes
OF danger the hrf attention Of thi, good man
was the prelervAton OF his family His olde Il
ion and -four ether plrlons lept al the cham
hers, the hAirs Of which went up oar OF the
kitchen; he ran to them and called with a
voice ncresfcd by maternal affection and phi
lAnthropy, 10 4" eioape, for the houie was IN
aames," And knocked violently Aeanf the
door; this alarmed his daughter. and another
female, who Hept in bedroom at The eait
end Of the kitchen, and they elcaped our Of
the window Mrs. p. had left her bed, and
was At the door which he went out Al (which
he took care carefully to lhut after him he
mct her AID exclaimed (" where are the chill
dreG % She anfvered I" do not know =
whats the matter !" He made no aniwer,
but flew to bedroom at the wet end of he
kitchen, where four Of his children lept--In
a moment he h4ndSd Mrs Prince daughter
about years old, which he found at he door,
the linoke being 70 hot ihr dared not venture
out; he iniantiy aePped back and handed
another about Ok years old he went III a
th'rd time, but hearing no noile in the cham
Der, luppoled they nun Gill be aileep and
1g4in went 10 the eairs, called aud aru-k
with violence againa the door he then ran
70 where Mrs. p was BANDING with her infant
and two children, and, with a village quite
blAckcned by the intenle heat and fmoke in
a Orange voice wildly aiked if all the chi dren
were there being anlwered in the negative,
be again rulhed into the bed room--By this
tine the parlor was fun Of lmoke but Mrs
Prince food al the door, waiting with all that
nc1prciibe terror, and anxiety Of zUits and
r7esber the return Of her bE)t4li and sbILlrss,
and calling, - MIR Prince here's the door
have you lols your way f--coRc here, I am
right" But alas he heard her uot-pa5ernai
aHe 6lion had led him one itcp TOO far--he
was wrapped in flames, and ptrithed with a
Jsasfifal d4agttsr Of about 20 years Of age, aud
! lovely o. 1T about s.. Mrs. p. food - she
door uii nearly inhocaed by the fmoke,
and with difficulty made her ettape, leaving
amcll an lhe held dear behind. ThoGe per-
ions who dept IN the chamber did not hear
MIR u. the srR time he called and muil I'M
dou5tediy have perified, had hcnot gone 10
the ilsirs the fecond ime.--Thus our of elc-
vca pcrlons who were either aneep when the
fire va aiicoveted, or who were unable -
make their sfcape, being chilJrsn, tins ~es-
ray. enierprihng man, iaved nine-But, how
San ne again tay "a, r1RlsHsp HINsELF-
Tie died fbsf isat5, from which he endeavorcd
20 rcfcue othtrs--lnd glorious one Il was.