New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-09

A FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH
F,om The Iri,a HersI. Ap,g a

F-oH The JficG HeT5h drra%
Runors Of a mo.t saddening occurrence were c.rca-
lating freely about Wstertown on Monday, Gu. oar
erfs TO arrive at conclusive particulars were nes by
numerous conflicting stories and We received - vis:
he scene of the catastrophe personally IN ocer - %
able TO state facts correctly, beyond al que,lon We
tbsTefore rode fourteen niles Monday afercooG, 10
he scene of the trsgedy-s farm located about iou.
miles northeast Of Evans Mills about iOaiteen mise
rom Watertowp. We found number OF people
standing in solemn groups aooat eehsI' wneis nss
had utterly destroyed dwelling Rouse 70 wn.c rad
re,jded until Sunday night last Mr.. Daniel Som-
stock and his four tle daughters, May, we oaest
10 wears Of sge.l Ma-is solons, anu coIA l,ae
youngest aged 81 ye1:s m seems sshs sbs, 81 80, ~,
ri,ht over at farmer Coms.ock and mnodlaseiy ei
for there crying fire az re went As ne nssfedme
house be heard grosns Issuing nom within shashe-
av burst the door open vita the intention Oh eesenns
he was driven back by volume OF smoke ana hfe nas
rushed out at the door He then ran 10 me Ssdow
~ bedroom in the southeast correr OF house where
Comstock was known 20 sleep ana oafst N va, t.n-
dow in ike manner, but was III Ike manner en'en
back by the smoke and fire that rusned ou,- IL "ss
evident the house was all 90 tre WITHIN, ol, othefs
having now arrived, efforts were immediately msce 10
rescue the inmates. Ine mrs, enot succeeosa
bringing forth the dead AMI nearly consumed body OF
one OF The children from the northwest corner OF me
house next was brought forth the dishgured corpse
of another child from the back part OF tie house
next that of another child from the south end OF ae
house: ard then the burning frame fell Atsr the
fire search was made and the bones OF the isst ehlo
were found in another remote part OF tae mouse tnd
those Of the father in the opposite end Not tnng
saved from the house-au was utterly eohe -inco
that the house had contained. ~
Ths unfortunate wife and mother cf this fsni y was
absent at Auburn at the time Of the tefnole even,
under treatment for csDcer. letter vac received
from her at Evans Mills, addressed 70 her husband,
while we were in town, which was opened by re.a,
tive. II commenced, Ny dear ones at home ana
ran on in strain OF the most ardent snect.on, dwe
irg on the happy prospect before her Of sspeedy
return hone to her little ones, as she was DOW nearly
cured The tone of the letter indicated thai tH WAS
almost impossible for her TO wait q day before she
returned to be greeted BY he hsppy faces nsf gear
| children. Alas he. children are gone G,d save
the heart of that mother from being crushed utterly
by this awf1l blow
Conjecture is busy the premises, IS regards those
| mysterious circumstances which are unknown. Mr..
| Constock was man 40 or 50 years Of sge, sld u
re having been extremely penurous. IL has
OF late been currently reported that he hsd drawn o
Bank at WatertowD, recently, severa thosssLd dole
lars in gold and from this fact, some are cot 10Th 20
whisper foul play There certainly is room Tor
suspicion Some s. in gold has been picked oat from
the rubbish of the ruin by neighbor, ana no more
| could be found.
| Our own conjecture. from the facts we ksve
gathered, is this The ire took from Goals 10 heg
Of ssbes which Comstock was accustomed 70 keep IN
bis wood-house. Himself and four children were al
gathered together if the bedroom IN the southeast
corner Of the house. The fire burned long time be-
fore it asoused the seepers for this bedroom s some
distance from the wood-house. When the fearful
knowledge burst upon them, they rushed from the
bedroom blinded by the smoke, and flew in all di-
rections the children wildly endeavorng 20 escape,
and the father rushing up stairs 10 where his tYuak
containing his papers and valuabes stood The floor
burned from under bim, and he FELL with his tres
sures, down from the garet TO the cellar and there
his corpse was subsequently, found stretched the
trunk some OF the papers lying undestroyed beneath
him.
This, We say, is our conjecture Of the sfr,ir bssed
on what have learned from the lips of the neigh
bors. Certainly, no other view OF il can be 20 fsy
predcsted on the facts actually ssertsined.