The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-26

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| Jumped "a tie ground, two female ser
wants aud " sisiefnf Mrs, King, slso los
| their lives, Mrs. King sppelred NJ The
| window crylng for holp. Mattresses
we're held bY the flremon, aud she was
told Ia drup her hahy first and then
ump herself. She did 80, and received
severe hnt not dangerous injuries. Tho
baby Was Killed.
Tho body Of Mrs. Hamilton, the sister
OF Mrs. King, has boon recovered. -Four
people Ia all wora killed. Tho Kings
were among tho M ~ fashionable aud
popular people ~ The city,
The following Il - list Of the killed
aud wounded; Killtd-John A. King,
aged 81, retired lumber merchant,
burned To death in the third story front
room; Miss j. Hamilton, aged - years,
"a sister OF Mrs, King, and daugh-
ter OF Dr. Ilamilton, burned ON
tho ionrth il0ori John King,
aged D years, was dropped from the
caught all right in "A mattress by fire.
men, but died from conclusions Mary
Burnes, aged 10 years, servant, body
burned To crisp, aud Mary, (colOred)
aged -, n servant, burned To u crisp.
Injared-Mrs. LILLIAN King, daughter
of DR.. Hamilton, loaped from tho fourth
story window after her chill
dren, aud allghied squaroly on
the mattress, but was seriously
hurt by concussion; Lillian King, aged
2 years, severely injured abont the body
and limbs by being thrown from the
fourth story TO n mattress; Calharine,
aged 20, u servant, badly burned.
When tho tIa was discovered, neigh
bors raised The alarm, but as two other
fires were in progress in different parts
of tho city, IL WAS three quarters OF an
a. EatHaa.
Meanwhile Mr.. and Mrs. King
aud others Of the family could be seen
in the fourth story with all means OF
exit cut oil. Mrs. King was in her
night clothes, but rema. kably cool and
collected. She babe her children he
brave. She then called to the neigh.
bors assembled below To get mattresses.
They were not long In spreading the
pavement with mattresses aud blank
cts. Then, ming hor boy TO the win
dow-sill, she told him TO be
brave aud jump. Ito seemed to be
plucky iiClo fellow. lie jumped
aud struck mattress fairly and seemed
| to b. safe, but he was SO "adly shaken
I tina. he died la two minutes. IhOn Mrs.
! King placed her daughter Lillian, 3
/ years old, on a window sill and dropped
| her fairly on the mattress Tine child
was hurt, but not Killed Turning tor
I " ltlOlllfili lHttl w lAiuitNH u Nbii " lifl
husband, Mrs, King mounted Jha win
/ COW sill aud deliberately jumped oil,
/ with as much calmugss, and ~ one
might jump into hath. Her Hight
/ through The great distance rom the
| fourth story ste ned To end in safety,
but she was found to bg unconscious
and badly hurt. Her husband was
about to follow her, but seemed to be
I waiting on some one behind him (prob-
~ FaA-
/ tors were Mortified by the sudden belch-
ing forth OF broad sheet
OF flames, By the light OF
which MIR. King was seen
/ to throw up his hands and idl, back uut
of sight. At the same time another
crOwi st the back OF the bouss wero
! hOrrided to witness n similar Shr cking
sight. Miss Hamilton had boon Criveu
| by tho flames To the fourth story back
I window and bs ing unable to stay in the
| room and afraid to jump she hung by
| her han. outside ihe window sill until
! she was utterly exhausted, She let ~
and dropped TO tho pavement below.
! When picked up one stGc of her body
WAS badly burned, showing that she
bad been literally burned of the win-
! dow sill.
ANOTHER oSE--NoBoDY KILLED THOUGH.
A fire broke out early this morning IN
the four story brick building, No. 50i
MarSet street, occupied on the first
! floor by Rith, Bennett & CO., dealers in
china aud glassware; tho Two upper
floors by Joseph 1. Meaney Il Co., boot
and shoe commission merchants. The
stock of both trims were destroyed. The
stock of Rarh, Bennett & Co. was val
ued at $4,000. The flames then spread
to the paper warehouse of s. A. Ru-
dolph, Sons IL CO., the contents OF which
| yyare Dc stroyed and the builtipr No
sos Market street, the upper floors OF
which were damaged. The first floor
and the basement were occupied by
Lippincott, Son Il Co., auctionoers. The
total loss on the bui'diRg and stocks is
estimated ut Sl25, 900.