Telegram-herald., 1890-09-04
A HER0lNE'S FATE.
A Mother Tries 10 Rescue Fer
Daughter and Niece.
All Three Perish in the Flames
Fatal Fire in New York City
Other Biazes.
1oss OF LIFE IN PnnApELrHIA.


PHILADELPHiA. Sept S-By the ex-
plosion Of aeoal-oil lampat 1894 German
town avenue, the building was set OF 2re
and Mrs Sarah Mcintyre. 80 years oi&
Mamie Mcintyre her l0-year-old daugh-
ter, and Sarah Logue, Il yeass Old, were
burned TO death. The police have
arrested Charles Mcintyre. 80 years old,
son of the dead woman. on suspicion Of
having caused the FIRE. Apartial inyesti-
cation OF the cause Of the fire. by the
Fire Marshal. shows that Mcintyre
came home drunk last night and
upset the lamp in his bedroom.
When the fire was first discovered
Mrs. Mcintyre, aided BY neighbor.
reached the street, but suddenly, with I
terrible cry. she called fof some one TO
save her daughter and nitce who were
still in the building, and then before
the firemen and spectators realized her
purpose the eladdened woman dashed
into the smoke and seothing flames
and started TO make her way up
the stairs. For an instant her figure
was clearly outlined by the red light
of the fire, az she made her way up the
stairs. and then, before the horrifed
crowd could even cry out, a great gust
of black smoke enyeloped her and she
was seen no more. After this the
fremen poured torrents OF water on
the flames and soon had them under
control. When they made their way
into the building, the charred and black
ened bodies of the two girls and the he
roic mother were found lying together
at the head of the stairs.
ONE MAN Persisted.
NEW York. Sept. g. The large build
ing occupied by Thomas Hogan, manu-
facturer of roofing material, and the
Rossmore Bouquet and Henry Rankin
cigar factories, was totally destroyed
by fire, the result Of mysterious ex-
plosion in a cellar. About twenty
men were at work in the cellar and had
10 flee for theirl lives. Daniel Killen was
burned TO a crisp The flames spread
with great rapidity, and the heat from
the infammable material in the build-
ing set fire to the fats adjoining. A
wild panic broke out among the tene-
ments. The entire top floor of these
was Quilted. The total loss IS about
$50, 600, nearly covered by insurance.
KANSAS TOWNS MISFORTUNE.
HIAwATHA, Kan, Sept. "A destruc-
tive fire broke out at l o'clock. a. M, in
William Horne's livery stable. In
less than three hours it had de-
stroyed two and a half blocks in the
business center of the city, causing
loss of at least Sl5o,0O0 The great
est loss was the First National Bank
building, owned by Congressman Nor
rill. The vault, containing $50 600 in
currency and many valuable books and
papers, gave way under the intense
heat, and its contents were entirely de-
stroyed.
OTHER FIRES.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept 3.-Thc
Riverside woolen-mills burned here.
They had been in operation but six
weeks The machinery room was gut
ted. The loss on machinery and raw ma
terials was SIS 600. There was an in
surance OF s2l, 600 on the property.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. 3.-News
reaches here that fire in Cocoa, on the
Indian river, has DESTROYED nearly the
whole town. The people are panic.
| stricken and many ere homeless.