Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

PniLIPsBuRo ESCAPES. The Journal
Of Saturday thus details two miraculous escapes
from Gre and death In that borough
A ksrossse scsidsnt occurred at the rssidsras
Of Mrs. Matilda Richards. on North Centre street
on Monday evening which not only endangered
the building but the life Of at lear. Of the in
entered the pantry, adjoining the hitehsn, with
glass lamp In her hsnd, cad reaching up for !
lamp hanging against the wall disledgsa a. Iron
ring-ussd BY the lsdiss 10 sst thslr ast.ironi
upon, whsn 10 uss-whleh brsks the lamp late
atoms Aad saturated her elothias And the aooI
| with kerosene, which In an Instant klsssd up Il
the ssilluS. Ths room was narrow snd the ysunS
lady, with her clothing already biasing sbsys her
hssd. was obliged 10 pass through The dsmss
sprinslug irom the aesf, in order TO escape, snd
resehing the kitchen she was on her way oat Of
dosrs when ssired by her mother and thrown to
the floor. Fortunately the carpet Of the Kitchen
was loose aud Mrs. Richards had the presence oi
mind to wrap the burning girl 10 the folds Of the
carpet, and smother the hanes, while another
daughter, Miss Dora Richards, threw waief upon
them both. Ths clothing Of Miss Fife Richards
was almost burned FROM her persoa, scarcely a
remnant being left Of the dress she wore, and yet
strange to say, beyond tho slight burning Of one
wrist, she was not injured in the least. Her moth
or by the efforts to prevent her from escaping out
OF doors--whioh she realized would prove fatal
was burned about the wrists aud throat, the rui-
hc on tho meek OF her dress having takeu tire and
burned OF without setting her dress on trc. The
ar, ~ tho pantry was quietly subdued, AID al
though there were none but women In the house,
there Was DO screaming done, aRd none Of the
ncighbors knew Of the danger until II was all
over. Altogether II was q marvellous escape, and
is due to the prompt action Of MrA Richards and
Miss Dora--tbe presence OF mind Of the former
undoubtedly saving the life OF her daughter and
her residence from the flames.
On Thursday afternoon, between the hours Of
three and four O'Clock, the agent for apatent SELL
lighting burner, who occupied Room No. 5 st the
Lloyd House, went to his room, In which he had
leh three lamps burning, about half an hour pre-
yious, and was struck dumb with astonithment
when be found the room full oil dense smoke and
saw the three hmps broken and fused by the heat
Of the fire, which had subsided Of itself. The
cause Of the accident was the falling offs tin cap
from the hole In the chimney, upon the lamps
standing upon the table beneath. The oil satu-
rated the wooien cover OF the table, and after
burning away, destroying q mirror that hung
above II, and smoking the walls, ceiling and bed
clothes in the room, although hot enough to fuse
the glass OF which the lamps we're composed, as
stated above, went out without doing further dam-
age. IL hardly seems as II such thing we're pos
sible, ns II tho contents VI three kerosene lamps
could suddenly be freed and set on FIRE without
communicating to the conibustble material Of
bed chamber and setting the house on fire, yet Il
did so. One reason why the flames did net do
more serious work was because the room was
tightly closed and no air could find It's way in to
feed the flames.