Evening journal., 1890-09-04
A QUAKER CITY HORROR.
Three Women Burned to Death
.. in Philadelphia.
AN OLD WOMAN's GREAT HEROIsM

She Lost Her Life In an Attempt TO Save
Her Adopted Daughter aud Nieoe--The
Recovery Of tho Bodles-A Drunken
Sons Terrible Remorse.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. g. by the explosion
or falling Of a coal oil lamp from the hands
Of her drunken son woman, her adopted
daughter and her niece lost their lives AZ
No. ,504 Germantown avenue yesterday.
Names of the Dead.
The names of the dead are: Mrs. Sarah
Mcintyre, aged 05 years; Mamie Mcintyre,
her adopted daughter, aged 10 years, and
Agnes Logue, her niece, aged IL years.
AT 3:25 o'clock the bodies had been taken
out Of the burning building. An hour be-
fore when Sub Officer Fell Of the Tenth
district, came down Germantown avenue
there were no signs Of fire
lie had stopped ia front of the little
clothing store. There was a light moving
about inside, and he peered through tie
glass of the door He saw Mrs Mcintyre
and her son. Charles who was apparently
preparing for bed. Suddenly the light
was gone, as IL blown out.
Tho Cry OF FIRE.
A moment later red glare fell upon the
glass. and tho cry Of "Firsp rang ont.
Charles Mcintyre, from the foot Of the
stairway, came out
"Firel Motherl The girlse he screamed.
On the second floor OF No. l,502, next
door, lived Mrs Mary Kelly and her two
children. She had been awakened by the
crash of a lamp in the room Of Charles
Mcintyre and Immediately set about rous-
ing the occupants Of the houses. Above
her on the third floor was Mrs. Ziegenfnss
and her family OF four There was an exit
from the rear of this house. down which
these two families passed to the ground.
A Heroic womnn's Sacrifice.
Before leaving the house Mrs Kelly and
man named Patrick Hagan sar Mrs.
Mcintyre come down to the second floor
| Her son saw her also before he made bis
rush for the street The old lady remained
however, but moment The smoke was
becoming suifocatingly dense, but the
/ children were above in danger AS fast as
her aged limbs could take her she climbed
| the stairs TO the third floor In attempt
ing TO save the girls she heroically sacri-
| feed her life Ia fifteen minutes after the
explosion Of the lamp the worst work Of
| the fire had been accomplished and the
| firemen's task was comparatively easy
Recovery of the Bodies.
When the third story was clear Of smoke
and the flames extinguished ladder was
hoisted. Assistant Engineer Baxter and
Foreman Andrews, Of Engine 90. led a
| party Of firemen into the building M
sooner had the engineer put his head In
the room and raised his lantern than ht
saw body stretched upon the floor.
Bending over Il he beheld Mrs McIntyrs
ia her night dress, badly burned about the
face and upper part Of the body. A littls
further, between the two beds ia the room
upon their backs dead. were Agnes Logue
and Mamie Mcintyre. Agnes was partly
dressed Her face and body were sadly
marred by the flames, and she lay bent
almost double, with her hands clenched as
If in fearful agony
A Drunkard's Grief
Mamie. 10years old, was, like her mother
in her night dress, and her body as well as
her head was frightfully burned When
| Mcintyre learned for the first time Of hi.
| fearful bereavement be wept and then acted
like maniac How the fire originated is
not known. Mcintyre in whose room ii
started, does not appear TO know.