The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-02-08

Wales said that the secretary's breath was
still saturated with the smoke he had in
hailed, but there was a slow and steady inn
provement in his general symptoms.
NV H PRESIDENT
and Mr.. Halford remained at the house un-
til late in the afternoon. The president
suggested that the secretary be removed to
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
Judge Davis house. Mrs. Harrison also
called to inquire after the secretary's 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 W great affection, and went
/ for a walk during the afternoon with his
son Emlnons. The president remained
with Secretary Tracy until 2 O'Clock, when
he went to the White House. The bodies
of Miss Tracey and servant were this after
noon removed temporarily to the residence
of Attorney General Miller, on Massachu-
sets avenue, where the body Of Mrs. Tracey
was taken this morning.
REsCUINa THE SECRETARY.
Chief Paris. of the fire department., told
his story as follows: I paid no attention to
the fire when I heard there were people in
the house. I felt my way through the
smoke to the second floor and found a man
in bed in a room. I tried to pick him up,
but he was almost too heavy. l managed
there was more air and then I broke the
window out and called to Lowe, who was
in the alley, to run up q ladder, Then they
took the maj out and it proved to be the
secretary. / could not move him any fur
ther, for I was full up to the neck with smoke.
Then l went back into the smoke and fire
again and found a young lady--Miss Mary
Tracey, they tell me it was-and as l caught
hold of her wrists to lit her up the flesh
came Of her burning hands. She had been
burned. Igot her out, but she was dead.
DR.. Ruth, at the solicitation of friends,
visited the undertaker's establishment and
identified Miss Tracey. He made a 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 a sight.
at seemed" he said, las though hell had
broken loose and sent its fiery tongue to
earth. The whole building seemed one
seething mass of flames, bursting from every
point. Scream followed scream, each one
other, from the interior of the building.
Only a few people We're passing at the time,
and they seemed b~ewildererd. The engines
soon arrived. You NOW the rest"
r. G. Turner is a footman at the Tracey
residence. He was an eye witness of part
of the fire. He was up 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 I was starting up stairs ~ said he,
"a colored man a the bell and told the
butler, who answered it, that the house was
on fire."
'"The butler ran upstairs andimmediate)y
rushed back, shouting:
".My God, the house is on fire.
The entire first floor was in flames. We
ran out the front door. Mrs. Wilmerding
and her daughter were at the front se.
story window screaming for help"
HI BUFFERS ACcoUNT.
James Welch, the secretary's butler. VOID
his story of the fire. He said:
I sleep in the basement, and this morning
I got up about $50. There was no smell
Of fire and no appearance of anything
wrong. At about Z o'clock I started to
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, I succeeded in knocking at every
door, and from each one in the rooms
l secured a response. Then I started to 60
smoke, ! fell three times, but finally got to
the front door. I went around to the rear
of the house and tried to get a ladder so as
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 APP
pealed to her to keep still for
on the sill and lowered herself until
she hung by her hands on the narrow stone
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 50 as to break the fall, which had
to come. Ms. Tracy may have heard our
The cook, who was on the
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
q little incoherent murmur, came from her
lips. / picked her up and carried Der into
Mr.. Rheem's house. 1t was the most awful
occurrence in my life.
THE FAMILY.
Mrs. Benjamin Tracy, the wife of the Sec.
rotary 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 1855, when they moved to
Brooklyn, where their home has since been.
Three children have blessed their union:
Two are daughters and the other a son.
Mrs. Emma L. Wilmerding, the eldest
daughter, is q widow with one child, Mrs,
Wilmerding has resided with her family
since her husbands death, and went with
them to Washington. Frank r. Tracy,
the only son., favors his father in ap.
pearanoe 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 OF
the disaster, was like her mother in appear.
ance. She was very amiable and had hosts
Of friends who will be Mortified to learn 81
her dreadful fate.
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