, 1870-03-28
TERRIBLE FATE =
A Tenement HoMsc Destroyed by
Fire Mt DunIcfxh-A Father and his
son Consumed In tho Flames.

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Fire mt DunIcixh-A Father and hii
son Consumed In thc Flames.
FrSps TIE D.ibu7rx 1i1.ea MayeA Il
A tenbla AFFAIR has Just transpircd n on
neighboring city, DunleftL-one that formed
the principal topic of conversation upon the
streets yesterday, About 10 o'clock Last
Wednesday evening the altm Of fro waa
wcre distinctly visible on this sida Of the river.
The fire was occasionsd BY the burning OF q
frame tenezD1nt house, standing On Desoto
street, thort distance below the 1sree, which
in short hne was reduced To Ashea, toeethes
with two human beings, whose chaHcd re-
mA1Is were g1thered up out OF tho ruins when
the nAmea were 8ubdued.
The building In question was owned BY Mr.
Edward Cullen, an employe Of tho Illinois
Central Railroad Company, md occupied b
Le"ls oGla, man about GO years Of age, abort
OF stature, and Of harmless disposition, who
ing mp odd Jobs about the streots. His family
consisted Of himself, wife and one child, i boy
about years Of age
The tenement IN question wa8 I two-story
iraae, md the lower part or ground door was
uhoccupled The upper part conainted Of ona
opening out upon stairway, which was
ne only nneana Of communication with
the ground, and Ogia occupied these,
the front room being used - the bedroom
and Kitchen, whilo the snal1 apartment back,
opening On the landing, vas used foz storing
away various miscellaneous articles.
How the fire originated Is not known, and the
matter viii probably ever remain mystery.
MrR. Og1A states that eho and her husband rc-
tired about . o'cloct, with their Little boy, and
that being fAti8ued with y hard day q work, eba
eo9a so9aa dsHppsd ssleeP About 70 o'clock rhe ~.
he1 If she did not suel something burning,
and who then epEang up to open the aoor
connecting with the outside stairway, He h.1
no sooner pulled it open than \ broad sheet Of
pf1me I'm bofet INTO the apartment, knocking, -
and thAt il the last she saw OF him.
y this time the whole apartment was filed
with sitting smoke and angry tlames, and the
Moman's whole thought was 10 sare her ovr
hfe and that Of her Child. She threw her
ray 70 ono Of the front windows, ito throw
hcrrelf out, when the child, according
TO her statement, got away from her and FlsE.
ed back to the bed right ia the midst Of Hames.
calling loudly for pa No voice answered but
Srnothezed gzoan, and this, with tho 4goniz-
the tiezr bosom Of the flames, and bolh father
and son Meut down to their death. As for the
Woman, she r11shed to the window, raised it IN.
and, in nothing but her roJc ,le auU, sprang
70 tho ground, distance of ten OF twelve
aSe.,,a, aSe., she struck upon her head and
alarmed By tie cry Of fire, came rushing upon
he rTot, che was found unconscious. / hsstv
examination showed al ugly cash on the back
part OF the head, while ehe was badly burned
N many places, but on being removed, and
proper rcstoratlvca applied, she soon revived,
danger.
When the fremen commenced PLAYING thu
OG1a tenement WIS half consumed and no,
knowing about there being any one inside, de-
votea their attention " saving the surrounding
buildings, Ma i being, imagined that
and were somewhere in the vicinity. But
Hhen Mn. Ogia WAS searched out and told
her story, the terrible truth was revealed.
cor. ulsive shndder ran through tie crowd,
and hundred Voices Proclaimed that OgiA
ard his son Lad peEirhed in the flames. The
doomed building and Hooded it to such de-
gree that III a short time the hames were
completely subdued, whilo the cellar WAS half
full OF water. Floadng in the middle Of this
6haetsy pool, surrounded by cinders and frag-
ments OF clothing. two blaskcncd objects
they were found to be the charred, bIsckenI
aud diadgnscd remains OF Ogia and his son.
10th beads wero close together, and both had
evidently met their terrible death cla.ped IN
each others a1ua.
Various theories are floating about in regard
~ IuE otAstH VI tAH IRE. ANd AL lASG been Te-
jected as equally unsatisfactory. Oein was
man Who drank but little, aud his Wife savs
that he retired perfectly sober. But some
hard stories are told concerning the owner Of
tic huiAing, Mr.. Cullen, who, il seems. on The
night OF the tire,was induieing in drunken ca
ruusal with two or three boon companions. Some
dlssolute women being among the number. One
Of the women. known Is desperate chslacter.
was arrested by Mareh4l rittn1an and nlaccd in
the ealaboose to sober of before giving her
Testimony before the Coroner 1t tie inquest
which was in progress yesterday. Ou her ex-
terry may be developed.
Tbs bodies, which are in tho possession Of
the Coroner, can hartl!r be recognized as those
Of human beings. The tleah ii scorched Anl
shrivelled from the bones, while the legs Of
present most horrible spectacle, and out Of
pity will be inferred in tho charitable bosom Of
mother earth to-day,