The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-24
SEGoND FLOOR.


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A. Slrraiy stated. th, hou-, w;.~ ,tor,
+ and "a hall franc building. The upper
room ws> parttioue,l off, and In onc apart
men; slept the hvy Theodore, Will. TN,
ether u.s. occupied nv his sisters, Rachel
/ amt Elizabeth, and Hattie Mathews. q
neishtpr'> girl whD hai come I" .,ay all
night. Tn, r,>t oi thr family slept bclos
s.Smith and hi> vii. had retired To- bed
( about ten c'Ci...k Tuesday night. Eiiz,bgth
smith. = Eo va, engaged To mary a y0ung
man usm,d Orvillc White. remaining ny
with her brother AMI sisters, The youu.
man To- nom Size Wa engaged. ana iitti,.
neighbour girl By the name OF Hattie
i Matthews. They did not go to bed ill Jui,,.
! late. M. Smith woke mp about two
| o'clock AMI discovered their bed cinihip"
I on fir,. Sac awakened her husband and
/ jumping rHt ~ bed Smith got a bucket 81
water and tried u -xIingjIi>h the fi;,ne>
The fire. however. Ns~ soon b.y"nd control.
, and Smith started To wake up his children.
I hut lac b. came greatly confused and ran
| ont oil the mouse, IT,. then heard a noi>e.
up stairs, AMI seeing the little girl Hattie
Math, 49, he jn"u-nt that his children
would ind their way ant. His wife WIS
standing IVA window. screaming Tor the
children to come ont. smith caught hold
, IL her AMI Iriy,i IL gct her To- Jump out
but tue woman seen .eG ~ be- out Ci her
>en>e,. ant resisted. pulling back. Su,ith
then ran arvun! 10 enter th- house by the
door. L. try - .ei nis viii. cat "t the room
but The >IuUsr was thick AID he could not
So. fecliG. srOunG IN tue room. he got
held Oi a i,S. liz Wa Reb, cca,, MS LITTLE.
g.rI'~. -hoI he sUcrr,ici iu getting. Pat oi the
r5ouI. IL Il Supposed that the nre originated
~ >OcI' of the clothing winch was hung
tp Near the -tDv-, {" dry. catching. lire
Their = H. = htrD,ruc can in the ruoHi, ana
. II i, supp 81 thai u exploded from the
heal. ali THIS caused tuc hamcS To- spread
NOR, guig 1ly, aut made the ,,cdpe Vi the
rIye victim, an ir,LU,,iti!ity Tue inquest
~, ii~ii by Cor1cr J I Land, anu the
jury 49, con f-5>tt 81 L. J. Far. Geo. W.
Armstrong, Frank Davis. Msl"r r. Day
aud g. L. trrrc.i The uan,rs ii the dead
g,rr Mre S1-,,b Smith. vile I'll Geo. {
Smith, aged IL; Elizabeth. the eldest
daughter. aged y Rachael. girl aged J., {:
Sarah E',v, al,-i Mae aud Thcodory. a
youn. mar. l-,,i II The boiie, presented
h"rrJn.,. ~i-',t, ami wrrr unrecOSnizahic.
eNccvt t'y if.,ic -i1c Th. only surviving
member, 81 ,ne ialaily arr the father. Gyo.
&. >u;th. a.ei Is. and hi> little daugnIrs
k'hrc~.a, aged | years. Smith J. badly
burned -hor4t the head AMI hands and
iiItir ia''-c,n -as al>". probably fatally,
bUrnyi.
Smit. came {" Lewis station about hy,
wears ago iron Bloomington. Ill. The
nous, kc lived in belonged tU Harvey
iiaSo. farmer living near Lewis Dr
Hubble. under whose Treatment the two
survivors we're placed, THINKS ina; little
Er',vCca caauOt recover.
The Remains 80 the woman AMI chill
drru were buried yesterday afternoon. Ii
i. saIh that the unfortunate woman ran
twice ouj OF the burning building, AMI
could have saved herself, but that she ran
back in thu vain effort Ia save her chill
dren-
i strongly recommended the use III
Fellows Compound Syrup IF Hypophos-
phites to all ~ho suffer In any way from
disease or weakness OF the lungs, bronchial
tubes. OF general debility.
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