The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-27
THREE PEOPLE ROASTED.
AShocking Fatal Fire out near
Maynard, in Ohio,
A FATHER, HIS SON ANDA BOY
Who Boarded with Them Perish In
Burning BuiIdinG-wm. Pros
ser Dies in an Attempt To Save
the othcrs-The Funeral.


village OF Pittsburgh, Ohio, Just opposite
MAYNARD on the cleveland Lorain &
Witt ra;lro,d ,or m;los west NJ
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y, 80 -. H..
inos' ueS'tue'''e 'oi,''''s'"''ons "n1 "O
rible deaths ever known IN Belmont
county. Two three.story boarding houses
were burned to the ground with nearly
III 49,, nor.o,,,s ,,J Al, Uu,;,n,
uh 'ile'' eoH'en's' anu W. imam
Prosser, his son John William, and
lad named John William Morgan per
ishad in the flames
NJ. pnaora. TO-. ,,oou,;,. ha,,.o
Mts. iiosset "eP' " oo"'"4ns ''o"'''
ana wine Morgan and his brother Evan
were two of her boarders.
The latter escaped death nv iumpinp
from tl,r second story window, Int was
hndlv burned about the face and arms.
AZ Evon Davis n hoardar sIeeniry
with Mr. Prosscr i1,mped from his win.
low on thc second floor and severely
snr,,ined his ankle and knee while the
iatLnr ran to rrsrne his son and The little
MORGAN how from nm adjoining room.
Hs was suiTocated by the smoke md
ncrishcd by the side OF the little ones in
The burning building.
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An AWFUL '''"F'
The charred remains were taEeh from
the ruins ana prepared lor Durlal' MI
ProsserS head was almost burned. oil,
and both legs ana arms were ehtlrely
burned OIL, nothing but charred stump
OF the body being lett.
The little irosscr boys hmDsand arms
were burned oil, and the Morgan boy
WAS burned almost to ashes
Inc DGiI1lhss were owned ny tnG
e,',, iio,",n aIontSi 600
An ixTrIfIGrTCrR rcnortcr visited the
sr"no ri III" ire Yesterday and learned
The foIlowinc details:
pittsLnrch is made IN of n small num-
hcr of mi5crs' homes situated on the
hillside m thn west side of Wheeling
creck Mt MAYNARD and nearly ali OF the
houses are owned by the Cleveland,
Torain & Wheeling Railroad Company.
Wcjnnsdov was nav dav Mt the Nav
no rI"I minSs and Tho hand working
,n ;," were eniovinr Themselves in tho
" ",, Ganc;nr or.Sv tho timc in the
to rS Iso,I '7 "" ~
'' go i" Tine simon ,lo local on,ion law
,oo ,2S' nfIcc '' IN MAYNARD and nothing Of
y" aUo ;, tSHS na;mrn am he nnrchased
. a. ,m '''''s"''''7 ''''>''0 ''''
N.Y. Az p,osso. ,boso u;fo kort cloven
,o -mti ,o S"J Eo,, Of %oor taIon from
10. To", ,';an =, ,," MorMoEJ W"JnosJnv cvon.
w ' anJ sot no Jr;nks m nil or3nnd IN
.n 5 i a." IoS w T%o %""sn in which thev
III NV nas,ob On nos,s md tho JrinkiuI
lMSu Isl otSa Un P Wm5or Tho Jwoil;n% 70
".a! 'u ~ "A"'' Wv '"Ne "
i'"'e '''''' '""'
THE FIRE DISCOVERED.
The beer drinking was kept up until
about 10 o'clock, when Mr.. Prosser and
one OF the boarders, Evan Davis, retired
for the night, in the same bed on the
second floor, the others going over to
MAYNARD to the dance. Shortly before
~ o'clock Ed. Philpot, boarder at the
Prosser house, returned home and went
to the cupboard in the kitchen to get a
lunch.
Noe "ntii iJ ~ 10 ', ",;oo ' tbc o" Goor 70 ho
nn ,o'T Gra r ". tSo stove HH nuiclIv
om ~ io h,ci.ot .; ,ra,or and tiaSyai
c"ugnt d. p"'M Ill u, e VIII I"S%oJ
Ua VIZ J sm.noJ ,,niJ H 1 o""r ~ L;tc%on
W r Az s1JI I s"saa'i;rc ~ t%o lam 10
,,n nn1s "T Wv horo %ooS consed %w th"
suPpoSo" " ~ nv IN oon,not vii tbo oil ali.
M"tei maiI sorJ Gonr vLarn o;i had
SU .oMa1 w." fror' "' tLo '0 I"mNs nnd "rcas~
L1RHeu g t' E'n ~ 'iu ,"''i'' '"U e''"''
''S San;ns, u ia ', norid 10 rotbir, with +ho
ao,ee, "T o az o. SV tIo %onsa5oII '''' '''0
'' Ne ~ n."sso,. orJ nov tro Jnw,Lt orv
Tis l;,,I% sa, "" Uar az a,o o" az H."
a anst aon s.'0 n HV A. ppnesrr md Evan
Tls H VIII "i D.o:"a, a,,J 81 TobMnio '"I
LAWS R ',tornn nU o a 100 romms On tLo
l ", ",i "a No6s to n,t;. Ls;nn TnoccTn;"J
s SIs p I.O ' onJ I'll tLo "EilJron d"wm
M,a. soSS an" 49,, a 1870, IL tI";r
s s,;'.s oI .Sj"'" orJ Mr Doris Who was
n'sitc'o'' '.;r, "H n. n.oao" a M J lie
sIuei1lHs W.. H. ~. O OmJ ;umnoI on3
I'm I'm V~ Till ~ snro;r;"n nnJIa onT
' tt; ~ by Sis u3o 'l hTt ngeo n hMrn;nS
cutting '''' "'''o' O"' '"'"f'" '"'' '''S'
LITERALLY ROASTED ALIVE
Eye witnesses to the scene say that
scarcely three seconds had passed until
Evan Morgan jumped from the same
window to the ground, but his face and
hands were severely burned. He was
carried to II house near by and received
medical attendance from a physician
who happened to be in the village.
Mr.. Prosser, although awakened by
the fire at the same time as Mr.. Davis,
persisted in the flames. lie sprang from
his bed into the room occupied by his
son and the Morgan boys, to rescue
them, but the flames were leaping all
around him, and with terrible shrieks
and cries the two boys and the father
went down among the mass OF burning
ruins. The adjoining house, occupied
by Mr.. Ase Branton and family, who
also kept several boarders, soon caught
fire from the Prosser house, and was
burned to the ground, barely giving the
occupants time to remove their house
hold goods. What little water could be
secured was thrown upon the buildings
on the opposite side OF the street, and