The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-01-20
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Ladies'.
The New York Herald has an account Of
the burning Of the country mansion of Gr.
Havens one of the frat merchants of that
city JON Saturday morning. and the loss Of his
three daughters in the burning ruins.
Theire broke out late at night, and had
made much progress before discovered. The
family were all saved, but the poor girls were
afterward lost. The herali says:
"After the first apprehensions with regard
ofthe safety of the fumity, and the other
members OF the household, were over, some
ofthes Misses Haven asked Kate Lean, one
o:the- servar To, to GO into the dining-rOom
and carry out the plate before the fire each
ed Il, but the girl refused, fearing that she
would be suffocated by the SIN ike, or burned
to death in the attempt Miss Sarah Lang.
don Haven, who was in her night dress, then
ran into the building, as it is supposed, for
her clothes, and that was the last that was
seen of her Till her charred and blackened
remains were taken from the ruins She
was followed by her three sisters, Mary,
Grace, and Anna, the two first Of W HON were
suffocated. 1t was thought at first, when
return immediately; but when three or four
minutes elapsed without any of them max
ing their appearance, aud every room in the
house appeared to be filled with smoke, the
greatest aPPrehensions were felt for their
safety. Mrs. Haven had been atthe house
Of her son.in.law, Mr.. Hopkins, bare headed
and bare..Oote'!, and had returned but few
minutes before the disappearance of her
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Deighbors had slso collected, aud every exer.
ton was made to rescue them. Mr.. Hopkins
placed a ladder against the balcony and as
cended to one of the second story windows,
which looked out from the drawing room, and
from which he heard sound as Of some
one grooming inside. The smoke was so
dense that he could not see into the room
and TO enter il would be at the extreme peril
Of his life. Throwing himself on the floor,
near the window to avoid the smoke, and in
the direction from which he heard the groa ms
he stretched out his hands, fortunately sue
ceeded in catching hold Of the dress OF Miss
Anna Haven. Drawing her toward him. he
he succeeded in getting her out on the bal.
cony, but was forced to remain with here ten
or fifteen minutes, the ladder being toj weak
to bear the weight of both. Another ladder
was obtained, and, as Mr.. Hopkins was near
ly exhausted, he was relieved by Mr.. James
jones, one of the men in charge CT the tele-
graph at Fort Washington. Mr. Jones sue.
ceeded in carrying the inse nsible girl safely
down the ladder, and giving her to the arms
Of her distract parents.
"Jones aud Joseph Moloney, the keeper OF
the railroad station, entered the house again
in search of the other sisters wl,ousthey found
lying near the closet containing the Plate,
apparently dead. One Of them was on her
knees with her hands against the door of the
closet as II in the act Of opening il, when she
was sufocated; and tie other was found a
e. W feet from her. lying Oh the floor. They
were both carried out mediately, and every
means taken to store them, but without IL
feet, as life was doubtless extinct be;ore they
were found.
\ The house wss bsissr ~ gothic style,
and with the furniture is Estimated at twei ~
thousand dollars, about one third of which ID
insures. II was constructed principally oil
wood, and was one OF the finest.look buildings
along the North river"
The Times also says:
"Yesterdsy the bodies were ut tn house oil
Mr.. Hopkins. That Of Sarah was not shown
That of Grace was said to be but little
changed, Wills the features of Mary were
almost life like in their expression, with no,
even the hue of death. She seemed rather
to be feigning asleep in tabIeau, and still re.
tanned the remarkable beauty OF her life.
"There were seven sisters in the family
'l-Anna, who was rescued; Augusta, the wife
J of Mr.. Hopkins; Sarah, Mary and Grace, who
, were lost; Helen and Fanny--the last OF
whom was at school, at the time, in the
city.
The inscriptions on the cofins were
these: erets
"SARAH LAxeDoN HAVEN,
Born Oct. l6, 1925"
4 "AHSA MARY HAVEN,
Born Aug. 2, 1885,"
"GRAcE BUBors HAVEN,
Born Oct. l9, 1885,"
The family was very remarkable for living
for each other, they were oil closely bound
together; theirs was delightful hume to
visit. Viewing the three comparatively
Sarah was the most social and efficient; she
was exceedingly active and practical, and
had great influence over the circle Of &C
quaintances in which she moved. Mary was
very beautiful, and was beloved by all who
knew her. Grace was highly educated, and
was remarkable for her scholarship.
! TEE LONDON TINES ON THE MEssAeE-On
the subject of the destruction OF Graytown
by an Ar er;can ship of war, the Times re-
marks:
The effort made to wipe of this stain from
, drpl tat IN, al 10 L.