The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-05-28
VICTIMS OF THE FIRE.
Something Of the Life of the Dead Work.
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Something Of the Life of the Dead Work.
ing Girls.
CINCINNATI, May 23.-ssDanger,n written
on pieces of pasteboard, stared visitors in the
face on the stairways of Sullivan's printing
house.
The terrible disaster that suddenly
matched away fifteen young lives is yet on
every tongue, and the public verdict every
where is that on some one rests fearful re-
sponsibility. The twelve bodies that wera
identified on Thursday last amid heart-rend
ing shrieks, groaus and sobs, were since anre
moved to the stricken homes.
Mary, Della and Katie Lavan. the three
sisters who went to death together, were laid
on three plain boards in second-story room
of 2O6 East Sixth street, with their poor
widowed mother weeping over them. She
has three sons. The girls, aged respectively
"a, q. and Il, were her only daughters
They were always employed, and regularly
attended st. Xavier's church in the morning
before going to work. The funeral of all
three Of the dead girls viii take place at the
same time.
The twin sisters, Dollie and Lizzie Handle,
belonged to worthy family, living ON Scott
street, above Seventh, in CovingtOh. Tney
were seventeen years of age last April
Their brother, Robert, is a membar of the
Covington police force Only a few days
ago Dollie Handle said at home: 'sIf ever a
hre breaks out where ws are working we
shall never escape" Ths twin girls leave a
broken-hearted widowed mother to mourn
their awful fate.
Kate Lowry, the forewoman Of the bind-
cry and the betrothed Of the dead hero, John
Sullivan, was the daughter of Jno F. Lowry
and lived at No. 134 Central avenue, New
port. She was ghteen years Of age. She
had a sister and two young brothers. Her
father was an invalid, and she was one of the
principal providers of the comfortable fruzal
little home.
Katie and Mary Puntan were the dauch-
ters of Thomas Puntan, an iron puddler. He
and his eldest son have been out of employ
ment for months. They live at IS Columbia
street, Newport The closest affection existed
between the two sisters. Katie, the elder,
was deeply attached to Mary, and in the hor-
rible minutes in the fifth floor Of the burning
building ran to her as If to save her, but
Mary had leaped from the window, and
Katie met her death in the fire and smoke of
the fifth floor
Annie Mcintyre was sixteen years Of are.
and went to work for Sullivan three weeks
ago. She lived with her parents at the cor
ner Of Fourth and Bakewen streets, Coving-
ton. Her father and mother are living; but
the former has been out Of employment for
some time, and the earnings of Annie and
her brother James were the chief support Of
the family.
Tillie Winn was ninsteen years old, and
lived with her father at No. 50 East Fifth
street. She went to work only last Wednes-
day at Sullivan's Her mother died last
November, and her aged father had not re-
covered from that blow before he was called
upon to endure the new grief She was one
Of the ten girls suffocated on the fifth floor.
Mrs. Annie Bell, who was ons of the first
to jump from the burning building, was
Nrty-eight years of age. Her husband is
living, and she had a child, daughter,
eleven years old. Mrs Bell has worked at
booked-binding for number of years at
various establishments in the city, but only
engaged with the Sullivans two weeks ago.
She was not burned, and did not breathe
after striking tho pavement Ten years ago
she married David Bell, who sustained in
juries during the war which disabled him,
and the support Of the husband and child
devolved upon the wife.
Lizzie Meyers, a German girl sixteen years
old, was the principal support of 4 widowed
mother. A son Of nineteen is all that is left
to Mrs. Meyers, who has suffered unusual
hereavements.
Fannie Jones, aged twenty-one, was the
daughter of Cornelius Jones, night watch
man at Resor's foundry. She had been
working at Sullivan's since July last
Mamie Shepherd, aged nineteen, who leaped
from one of the fifth story windows and was
fatally hurt, died Friday morning. She said
before she died that when the fire burst into
the room she rushed straight for the window
and right out She thought her fall was
broken by a colored man who tried to catch
her. No bones we're broken, but she was in
jured internally. The remains will be taken
to Chillicothe, o for burial. She leaves q
mother and Two married brothers and twin
sister.
John Sullivan, the young man who lost his
life trying to save his betrothed and others,
and who did succeed in saving two lives, was
a brother of tae proprietor of the printing
house. He was twenty one years of age. He
leaves q Widowed mother, three brothers and
two sisters, and record of true heroism.
Josie Hooks, who gave the graphic account
of her escape from tn3 fifth floor by means
Of rope, is getting better fast. Her injuries
are burns on lile rigat s.ds OF the face, right
hind and arm, ami right leg near the ankle.
They are painful, BIT not dangerous
Emn,a PiIchback, the only other survivor
who escaped by the rope, Jared much worse
than Josie Hooks Her hands were badly
laceratsd, and her limbs and body are ter
ribly burned. It is not at all certain that
the little girl-she is only fifteen years old
will recover.
William P. Bishop Is at the city hospital
in a critical condition. He has the benefit
Of the best OF nursing by devoted wife BE
suffers much pain, and his physicians could
not saw thai ha u.ould rncoxar.