The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-03-11

one 81 The uiUst terrible SCENES ~
the history al our village wac en-
acted, IN The burning VI the dwell
lug Of BENZ Trip, corner If Sew
sn'l' and Cedar arrests, and death
Of Dennis Robinson, who wxs 10
the house Mt the time. and IN en-
'leavoring I" escape MAS Uvcrc"n',
hy heat aud SNAKE, and pcri,hcd
1t seems that Mr.. Robinson wa.
stopping at Mr.. Trips, intend ny
to ~ cast on tho carly morning
train. Mr.. TripI', his boy Freddie.
aged some twelve years, James
1ripp aud Mr.. Robinson were Steep
ing in The upper part of n wing
the main part being unfinished and
unoccnpIed while Mrs. Trip, with
ncr title daughter Lilhie 81 pt bc
low. Mr.. K 'bnson was the first I"
awake and discover the fire, AMI
ar"uscd Mr.. James Trip, who IL
turn reused The others. Tho onl,
proper escape was bv the stairway
leading fr"m the chamber in the
main pa I; bur this was cut IF 10y
the volume Of hot smoke, ns wvil a.
flame rushing up. In the excite
m,ent If the moment, Mr.. Robinson,
ran into the chamber in the main
part, evidently intending to gc' ou'
~ the stairway. II is supposed
ihat ho was instantly overcome 10y
The dVnse v"lnnIe Uf smoke AMI heat
and p"ris'"d.
Bv'j min aud James Tripp, with
FRI dd,c, escaped hy smashing "ui
windows aud jumping t"thc ground.
In doing this NJ. lirnj,mi" Tr'pp
received u terrible cut-by broken
vlass-Un tie inside al tho right
ankle, which will cripple him Tor
some time. A cnrious instance Z"
the ff,c, "f trigh' was observable
in the boy Freddie. VIII" chung per
.i.tcntly to the headstead. and had
to be t..rn away hy his uncle. Ev
cry object he met with, he clu'ched.
AZ Though dete mined not to be-
taken from the burning building
Fortunately for Mr>. Trip and
Libl'ie when they were aroused, a
door upon the south .ids Of the
wing was untouched by the fl ,mes.
=" that they had easv exit. Unf"r
,unat-ly, however, Mrs. +. cndeav.
"red {" cxlingnish The fire, so that
when abe turned to escape from
h"nse, slls had to asc f"r her life.
Both her hands were severely
bnrncd. All their clnhing Was LEFT
behind. A sewing machine, one
feather bed aud u few blankets and
quilts. such as they could catch in
their has'y exit, Was all that they
saved,
Mr.. 9. X. Radcli e., tho nearest
neiyhbur. who startud "ut at that
hour to meet the exprcss train AT
the depot, wa the first To raisc III"
alaru., and ran over to the house
with a pail Of water. bnt the fl me-
had gained tao much l,eadway (
render cffrts to- exiting uish theiu {
AZ, avail. Even had tho fire beci.
discovered ~ the start, it would u.
doubt have been difficult il not i'm
I"'ssiblr Ia stop IL, rs there Was u"
well or cistern or the premises
Neither Mr.. II nor Those VIII" ca,a,
ylps- behind him knew that NJ.
Robinson was in tho burning s'rnct
urr until il was to-, late l." aiirmIh
T." rescue linn, or even try I" rec"v
r the body, ere il becaue u lorrI
lie aid almost sl,apclc.> mass. A.
>"n as The location If the remain,
were discovered in the b ,rnin.
rui s, snow was thrown on-in alb
"ncc 1T water in order (" prevent
rs much as possible, the body fro'n
icing consumed. A hound belong
ing I" Mr.. Trip, also pcri>hed in
the flames. The howliny If the
p""r creature ~ the savage fan's
-iez"d upon il. was I,tifnl I" lear
Tic "ght OF the burning dwell
ing. Containing tho c''rrsc If y hn-
man being, VIII" but short time
before WIS in the iull vigor %: lite:
Il" ~ famil, thu. suddenly stripped
IT nearly nll necessary Tor sustain
ing life and comfort. standing with
bare feet in the frozen snow. wecI,
ing aud wringi"g their hands, is
one oi the most hcart.ro ding We
ever Witness and one which W..
trust we may never behold again
Mr.. Tripp had been lal~rinx hart
{" secure enough to enable him q"
1--we until he could get started on "
homestead IN Eden t"wnslir, where
hc intended to remove as s,on ~
Spring fairly opened. All his hard