The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-22
pIT1FuL SCENES
At the uassr.ahias aSllshmsatS Cor

At the uadertaiiug E,tabilshmsnt- Com
plsss Lat st the Dead. -
The scenes at the undertaker's estab
lishment, where the dead were taken ane
where friends andrelatiyes come to iden
tify them, were Of the most painful char
acter. In one casea policeman Of Gov
inston identified his sisters, Lizzie ant
Dollie Handel, who were twins. Mrs
Meci found the body Of her daughter and
had tobe led away from the terrible sight
Mrs. Leahan had the awful experience oi
finding her three daughters among the
dead.
The fatallist as now made upi
Anna BELL, wife Of David P. Bell, aged
&c, Lock street, II f'
DoLi1Rl and LIZZIE HANDEL, twins, aged
20, 7l3 Scott street, Covington.
FAME JosH, 2' years, Liberty and Free,
mau streets.
DELLA, KATIE and MARY LEAHAS, sisters,
aged g, "A and IS years respectively
4 2S Sixth street. @ss 4
KATIE LowERY, aged 90 years, Newport,
NV. NFHf
LIzzlE MEcl, aged Is years, s45 Broadway.
KATIE McGutRe, aged 2Oyears, 90 East
Sixth street.
FANNIE NoRros, aged "a years.
KATIE and MARY PurSAN, sisters, aged %
and 10 respectively. 4 q
Jons srLLIy4s, aged 22 years, 50 Broad;
LIlfnwYss, aged 20 years, ss East Fifth
The injured arei ls.,
Will BsHop, printer, aged 23 years, 21a
burned; will probably die.
JOSIE HAWKES., broken leg.
EMNA PIScHB4cH, Coyington, uncon-
'scious will probably die.
MAMIE SHRpBERD, Harrison street, head
badly cut, ..ft
I Already preparati Ions: are In progress for
for the relief Of the families OF the victima,
most Of whom were the support Of depen,
dent parents. n
TOUCHING TALES
Told BY Employss aud Those who Were
Injured.
@. Braam, who had charge Of the paper
cutting machine in the building, located
on the second floor, made the following
statement.
az was working at my machine when
the FIRE started. 1t broke out at the ole.
yatof right below the dry rack, where
freshly printed sheets are hung to dry on
the second goar. When saw the blaze
b. ran upstairs as high ss the fourth
floor, when the flames were 90 hot
that they drove me back, hut not before
yelled 10 the girls not to jump out Of the
Windows. Whan ] got down 10 the'paye-
ment saw the flames rushing ont Of the
windows and the girls trying to make
their escape. Mrs. Bell, Dolly and Mary
Handle jumped aud caught them as well
"a / could, injufing myself by 90 doing;
The -tyo giFls were killed outright and
Mrs. Bell was dreadfBlly injured. She
died as the hospital.
Josie Hawkes., who was one who was
saved by the rope, was badly burned on
the hands and arms, and, BY Q fall Just be.
fore abe rsa1hed the sidewalk broke her
leg: She spoke r;atloR4lly 70 The doctors,
and said she did mt want TO be takeA
home in a patrol wagon. Her Her wish was
4xlSJgREp eIRL's STORY.
In answer to questions she Eaidi eThe
first thing 1 knew 1 found myself sur
rounded by smoke and was smothesipg.
The FIRE seensdt9 come up through the
Goor and II bstnsd my arms and feet.
dropped on my hands and kuees sni
csayled 10 the window. Alter awhile
somebody threw me q, rope. ] started
asya Sa .s,1s .ad you'd "a hsSs iallaH only some
Miss sshephafa Jumped apparently safely
10 q tarpaulin held ont 70 catch her, but
she va afterwards found 70 be injured.
Pheo. Harden, .aaathes employe, said ;
" was on the second floor when Isay
Tommy Gleason run past With bis clothes
on IRE. / rushed up but gould not reach
the girls. ] cried FIRE, fire. loudly. a
saw at once that the girls would be ctt
Of. Theif cries were terrible, = and the
boys feelings ssstuoms him se that he
could not proceed. gy
Il "a, 4HEARTREsprSG pRY.
Nm. Ieaban, who lost three daughters,
appeared 4 tlla morsue 70 identity them.
Her features we're strained With sFipij but
with some CLEAN Of hope she passed body
after bndy until d sharp cry and
the words my GOD here Is
Mafy,N showed that hope bad Red.
In a moment her heWildeSAd eyes found