St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-04

tance to the ground she grasped the
narrow stone window sill and lowered
herself as far as she was able. Those
who saw her in her perilous position
shouted to her to hold on. but either
she did not hear or her strength failed
her, for after thus hanging moment
between life and death she fell forty
feet into an areawaY before anything
could be done towards rescuing her or
relieving her fall. She was Immediately
taken to the house of neighbor, DR..
Rheem, and placed upon a lounge in
the sitting room. She was perfectly
conscious, but did
NOT SEEM TO SUFFER PAIN.
Occasionally she complained of an op-
preston in the neighborhood of her
heart, and found a difficulty in breath
ing. She talked while, coughed
slightly, and then became silent. The
physicians looked at each other sig
nificantly. Mrs. Tracy was dead. The
immediate cause of her death was sup
posed to be from injuries to her heart,
Sustained in her fall from the window,
which flooded her lungs with blood. 1t
is said that had she delayed her move
mentS couple of minutes ladders and
mattresses and other means of safe es-
cape would have been at hand. Her
body was soon removed to the residence
of Attorney General Miller, on Massa-
chusetts avenue. Almost at the same
time two bodies were taken from the
burning building. One was the secre-
tary's daughter, Miss Mary, young
lady, and the other was that of the
French maid, Josephine. That OF the
former was found by Chief Parish
an tho floor in fbp Saaon6 Hnnr
hall at the head of the stairs. The body
was not greatly disfgured by the fire.
She had evidently died from suffoca-
ton. The chief lifted the lifeless body
in his arms, and, although the staircase
| was ablaZe, he brought it safely out into
the street. 1t is said that Miss Tracy
could have saved herself if her strength
had held out few minutes longer. She
fell in the hallway of the second story, a
| few yards from the bath room, which,
| if she had reached and closed the door,
would have insured her against the fire
| and smoke until assistance could have
reached her. OF the French maid little
| is known save that her dead body was
| found in her room on the top floor of the
| house,
BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
Both the bodies of Miss Tracy and
| her maid were taken to an undertaker's
establishment in the vicinity. In the
meantime a general alarm had been
turned in and every engine in the city
hurried to the scene. Ladders were
| quickly placed to the windows, and the
firemen rushed hurridly through the
windows and doors. Secretary Tracy
was found in his room unconscious. He
was taken to the house where his wife
had already been carried. Mrs. Will
merding, Secretary Tracy's married
daughter, and her daughter. Miss Alice,
occupied the second story front room.
on the same floor with Secretary and
Mrs. Tracy. Both she and her daughter
| jumped from the windows to the grass
terrace below, and while the shock to
both was severe, neither received any
serious injury. Mrs. Wilmerding had
her right wrist badly sprained. She is
lying hysterical and in half-dazed.
condition. but is rapidly improv
ing under treatment. Miss Alice
is suffering from the shock.
President Harrison, as soon as he heard
of the calamity. sent assistance from
the executive mansion to aid the be-
reaved family, and followed himself, to