The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-02-04
TRACYSLOSS.
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER DIE
FROM INJURIES BY FIRE.
The Secretary in a PrecariOus
COliSlitiOn-An Account Of u Ter.
rible Fire at His Home Ia wasli-
iuEtOn Yesterday.

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| WAsHiNGToN, February "a tcrribl
calamity visited the household of Sccre
tary Tracy TINS morning, whereby thrc
persons i0st tneir lives ana three other
were oadiy injured. me house, thre
story ana basement hriek, is situated OF
street between lonhcct'cut avenue AM
seventeenth street. ana mas recently I'm
'erSohe extensive improvements Per
sons passing the mouse TINS morning ut
e'oek saw smoke ISSUING IRON nc iron
WINDOWS ana at once raised an alarm o
're.
Inc hre ana ponce departments re
spo""eo promptly; Inc premises wer'
a',!ost eoheeaiea Dy the dense smoke
',,;;. wh;sn wa was u, .n'Tkeneu ,i,.; py heavy TO-
wN'en w"s JUS, '',.'''s' IL was soon dis
covered ,,'at the mouse was an ablazc IN
sue, anu .ll't the man stairway was
ouint' mus cutting o" COMMUNICATION
win tlle slcet'nH apartments on the sec
ohu ana th'rd loors' several streams OF
water were Piayeo ON 'ne names ana
ever! eilort was mace 10 eheck the trt
"''u 10 rescue 'he ',,mates'
~ seehe o' Tue w'uest CONFUSION enSned
whch u was KNOWN that all the members
VI '"e i"''''y we'G III '"e "ouse' lhehre'
"'.,' oe""'eu mss neroes W lHeerhcrSehcy
anu Men' .nIouen nIe n.u SMOKE III
Se"r.''i'S ,o' tme,'' III ,ie uiiiereht apart
'nen's Mrs' Mhn'eru,mS' 'he hesecretaiy
uauS"'er' anu MISS "ii'iieruihS Iorceu
thc,r way tnrouSn tue DiiidinS smoke
ai'u Jn'"feu IRON, the second story WIN
""W nont. L'uuers Werc raiSeu lor them,
pu' III 'h,'' eH.iie''en. ,., t"ey ia''eu 10 see
'"Iii' MIS- "''he'"'''S oioke her leii
WIS anu was svVeieiy pru'seu' her
u'"S",el was p"u'! 'D"rGu ABOUT thc
,ower '',,ips' oul oroNe no pones lhey
rolh ~ su'e'eo severely from the siocR'
ney were taken Ut once 10 the residence
I" " paNler near oy' ana restoratives
aPp',s:n' ..-. =,
Mn'ie TINS sau se.ne was oc'nS ehacted
III the front Oh Tue houSe' 'hc hre'hen were
enSaSeu VI removing ''e olher meinDcrS
u. t''e E''h''y RON ,',c rear Sh'e' IN
I.n''i ! a' ',S'' '''..u ','s way INTO Mrs'
lraef pe'rooill a'u louhn hcr i!lhS on
ner ptu o.er.pn's ny su''oeation, ne
N'', 'eu he' ~ ''ie W''uow' an" WITH the
: i'ss's'',ee W otne's v"',ieu ner utmost
',S'ess pouy "own Il linirr ana up an
itney W the ho"se VI Mts. N'ee"' on
E'S"'een'n st.Ie'' o'e was .hen ""eon-
He'"uH, "",' ".'n'"s" e'e'N Sho'' Nnowh
W .,i '''v'''.'' s.."'. VIZ ",s, m"s ,'i''
l'o'n'''' !" SOW : ~ ms ''' '''u W''"''
Il '.w ''i''u''s VI n.,'o,I n'Se. S"e was
not puIileu put u'eu from suioeal'oh.
tivr pou! was .nNsn s, ~ '"e res'u'hee o'
A',ornc! General . M'ller.
ni'',os. d. 'ne s''"t .,''e IVY mort
lbDtllCS WCTC lTOlll lllC
p"''",'.E' Cne ""s nat w 'ne Seete'"'y ;
'"'"Su,v'' MISS N"'"' '"u ',e o.''' w's
p'e w W. ~. .;"'s. 'o.n oo'Ns Me''
'n,''fu UT i ~ .i,sp "n' Ms,e ~ un'vsos',E'
M 's y .",' 80 80 ''s s'is
M", ,h u's.S u's",m "W" -" o."s on'H
y tne s"l's,n' s'Ntu,e .rhl vi Mnat 'e''''''!eu
VI n., I'o.nnss ~. ,h enaI,eo ,e','.'hs i,;'''.
Mere .nhIn " n'' u''"e''"Ne' 's'ao''s''
''S''. u. .le .r.'1n.si ,.,.
oee'.,"s iln.! n',''se,l n''n u ",ost
'",M .,.''i". u' .Ss"p "n 70 NV N"S ~
80 H. ~ n',, ,w.' az W.
y, ,I''ue".e @ VI ~" ~ . p"n.'o,' laws VI,
- ST. ,,.i n'' nS'..n." ~ s''e.'' Lhs"N
~. ~. Mne .o". s,, u" "'s s'ee,,
y. -, ."s ~: M.h ny" ,"s 'ouSe anu
'r,'ueIeu l,''i' 'o,!p'e.e,y neIpiess. iieWns
4 4
'o"s'"e'"o'' o'','u,'! was 'e"'oNc" 10
l''',ee ,, le.'' one VI .He WIDOWS. Nr'esloI
. 'auo.; Me't l,''ky "'sws'e"' anu
'.""! Wt',S n'n,'s M''e In'seo u "ss's'
''' W .N S'oun,' ne w"s "' o','e 'e'
'ho'eo 10 ne'Snoor mouse ana was
500" ,, S' s.'Lo"'''lSu ny P"fs'e'n',s' 'hvinuinS
p's' ""'.s"'" Nr,n' h' was su'e,'hS
ron sl'hsNIh' ue uoetors "PpNe" ar,
''"'''' "','nS w "'u"'' ''HP''''''"' """
,uee,.uen "''e' u" nun Worh III ies'or-
.,S h'.i, .o s''l''so,se'ous''ess' ~ was
, "t" ,"'"s.t H"e ~ '''''oNe n'," !"
uuSe p'.'s I""se' ile le,'"lroV'us' Slowly
''o'" '""' '''''e oh' anu so'i' 'eS"'he"
'.'"S"'"',S "tn"s WHY
.aNeo =" l''o"'iI w reS'tu 10 MS eoha'-
,,on; a,'",S '"e n'st VI ."esc were 'nG
% I.s'"'u'' ,,.e i''s'u'", "',' seNera'
'ne,noers oi 'he yI'n,i'el' INC 'ul, extent
~ ms terrip'e aii'''t'oh Is withheiu rom
'',''' 'or l"e p'ese".' ms i'rs' INJURY
upon recovering CONSEQUENCES was ~ re.
S"ru !" .h' sai'! W MS 'a,'i,H. nc Is
Sinunnl'! Sall'''s III s.'e,Gtn' "nu ms
II'''us "'e very s""S"'"' VI HIS '""'l'e'e
'es"s',y' .r,',' ~, .... ,...,,.,. , j..
Inc mouse was eo''P'ctclE Sutteu ny
Nv ~ ~. M"'s "'s a''''',S n"' wy
presents picture 1i rum nhe
ieso'h,'oh. ne residence o' JuuEe " >,
NoN, Oh the "'s,r'', supreme Sourt' wh'vl'
huJoins II ON the 'e''' was oaa'y dah'
'gen ny ,,..,..u...,.,, water.
Nh'e' iari iism"' 'he o,'meht .o'u
ms story as 'o''ows! i ph,u no allen'
l'on 10 the iire whei' ! hSaru 'here were
l%op'e w t"e ho"se' i le'l my wa!
through tnc sll'oHe 10 ihs second moor
ana io"''u i'"' w oeo III room i
lried 10 p'ek nun up, pu. nc was almost
700 henVy' ! 'hn'nSen 20 uraS nm INTO
'he oavk r""'', Wnere 'hete was more ar,
ana ,nch l proke winu"w out ana
'alleu 10 Low, VINO was W. the a''Sy, 10
run up u N'nu'r, MHrn lney iook tne
lnan OUT nhu u proved 10 oe 'hs sesre'
thry' 'o"'h,l move MN any 'nr'hrr'