The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-06


THE PRESIDENT
and Mr.. Halford remained at the house un
til late in the afternoon. The president
suggested that the secretary be removed 10
the White House. but the physicians ad-
vised against any disturbance for forty
eight hours. They thought he would be
strong enough for removal by that time
The president also suggested that the bodies
of Mrs. Tracy and Miss Tracy be taken
to the White House and that the funeral
take place from there. Secretaries Win
dom and Noble and Senators Hiscock and
Chandler were among the first to call at
Judge Davis house. Mrs. Harrison also
called to inquire after the secretarys condi-
ton, but she did not enter the house.
James G. Blaine, Jr., also called at the
house several times during the day. He
bore messages of coincidence from Secre-
tary Blaine The latter is bearing up
well in his own great attliction, and went
for walk during the afternoon with his
son Emmons. The president renamed
with Secretary Tracy until 2 o'clock when
he went to the White House. The bodies
of Miss Tracey and servant were this afer-
noon removed temporarily to the residence
of Attorney General Miller, on Massachti-
sets avenue, where the body of Mrs. Tracey
was taken this morning.
REsCUING THE SECRETARY.
Chief Paris of the fire department. told
his story as follows: paid no attention to
the fire when heard there were people in
the house. | felt my way through the
smoke to the second floor and found man
in bed in a ROOM l tried to pick him up,
but he was almost too heavy. l managed
to drag him into a back room, where
there was more air and then l broke the
window out and called to Lowe, who was
in the alley to run up ladder. Then they
took the man out and it proved to be the
secretary. l could not move him any fur
ther, for was full up to the neck with smoke.
Then went back into the smoke and fire
again and found young lady-MiSs Mary
Tracey, they tell me it was-and as caught
hold of her wrists to lit her up the flesh
came of her burning hands. She had been
burned | got her out, but she was dead.
Dr. Ruth, at the solicitation of friends,
visited the undertakers establishment and
identified Miss Tracey He made hurried
examination and found she had died from
suffocation Mrs. Tracey was found to have
died from rupture OF blood vessels. A gen.
tleman who saw the fire said never in his
life did he see or hear of such sight.
at seemed" he said, las though hell had
earth The whole building seemed one
seething mass of flames, bursting from every
point. Scream followed scream, each one
more horrible and blood-curdling than the
other, from the interior of the building
Only few people were passing at the time,
and they seemed bewildererd. The engines
xsOOn arrived. You know the rest"
Re- Turner is tootman at the Tracey
residence. ne 7ltl4 an eye witness Of part
of the fire. He was 70 and dressed before
7 o'clock, and was prepared to go up stairs
to clean the silver. He slept, in the base
ment.
"Just as l was starting up stairs, said
| "a cOlored man rang the bell, an"
butler, who answered it, that t
| on fire"
'The butler ran
rushed back, shou,
"'My God, the no
"The entire first flo We
ran out the front doc. ICrdlnS
and her daughter were. ont se"Snd'
story window screaming - elp.
THE BUTLERs AC;,-
James Welch, the secretoIy's butler. told
his story of the fire. H said:
I sleep in the basemt and this morning
/ got up about $3.50. 11-are was no smell
Of fire and no appearance of al<5t hiB.E
wrong. At about o'clock / startG0, e
clean my dining room, when there was a
ring at the bell, and when l answered it a
colored man said, Your house is on fire !"
At once l rushed up stairs to arouse the
family, and, although the smoke was very
thick, succeeded i'll knocking at every
| door, and from each one in the rooms
secured response. Then l started to go
down stairs, and nearly choked with the
smoke, l fell three times, but finally got to
the front door. l went around to the rear
| 1f RI io1 70 q 1a6H oS
to reach the secretary and Mrs. Tracy's bed
room. Mrs. Tracy was then at the window
and while the few OF us who were there ap-
pealed to her to keep still for
one minute more, she climbed out
ON the sill and lowered herself until
protection. Everybody who saw her yelled
to her to hold on for a moment, and we
looked around for something in which to
catch her so as to break the fall, which had
to come. Mrs. Tracy may have heard our
cries, but it is not certain that she did.
root was screaming so thai we
could not hear anything distinctly.
How long did Mrs. Tracy hang there? Not
more than a few seconds. She told ME
afterward that she slipped. She fell into
the areaway, almost touching me in her
swift descent q was on the ground level),
and struck on her left side. No sound, save
a little incOherent murmur, came from her
| lips. picked her up and carried ber into
Mr.. Rheem's house. 1t was the most awful
occurrence in my life.
| THE FAMILY.
Mrs Benjamin Tracy, the wife of the Sec
retary of the Navy Tracy. was in the sixtieth
year of her age. Gen. Tracy, who was born
and brought up in Owego, N. Y, married
Miss Catlin in 1854. They resided in that
place until 1865, when they moved to
Brooklyn where Their home has since been.
Three children have blessed their union.
Two are daughters and the other son.
Mrs. Emma L. Wilmerding, the eldest
daughter, is a widow with one child. Mrs.
Wilmerding has resided with her family
since her husbands death, and went with
them to Washington. Frank B. Tracy,
the only son, favors his father in ap-
pearance and in his business ability. He
is thirty years old and unmarried. He now
lives at home, and only spends in Wash
ington what time he can spare from his
fathers business. Miss Mary Tracy, the
unmarried daughter, one of the victims o
the disaster, was like her mother in appear
ance. She was very amiable and had hosts
of friends who will be Mortified to learn o.
her dreadful fate.
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