The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-04

either from the East o. SOUTH The Exen
ma TGss<s. which receives ~ dispatches by
way OF The Canadian Pacific. has bean
more fortunate, and the following Items
srs copied from ~ columns:
A rEkkLeLE rIkK-
neerssnry rrsey I.esos wife SD Dsaeh-
s~r end Il serfsssly Istured.
wAsaIxs7or, Feb. "A ere broke out
this morning IN = house adjoining secre-
taYy Tracy residences and communicated
% the latter. Great confusion prevailed.
and Ill sorts Of rnmors are current.
II II reported that several persons have
been taken out dead or dying, and that
Secretary Tracy himself IL very seriously
and perhaps fatally burned. The Ere
seems 10 hsve broken our while the occu-
pants Of the house were still asleep. and
this accounts for the reported loss Of life.
IL was YuTn0Sei q first that Secretary
Proctor's house had been destroyed. but
this proved uufound~d.
Secretary Trscy's wife and his daughter
Mary are dead. and visitor NJ the house,
whose name IL mot yet known.
Mrs. Wiimerding. his daughter. jumped
from the window and sustained broken
leg.
One lady escaped 10 the roof and WAS
rescued from the flames by the firemen,
who reached her by means Of ladder.
Secretary Tracy. who was taken out un.
conscious. has rallied. but IL conscious.
The FIRE seems 10 have originated
from the furnace In the secretary's house,
both were Soon shlsze. The IRE spread
rapidly and the sleeping inmates we're rem
dered unconscious.
The frs WAS discovered BY person in
tho street. who Immediately notified the
enginehouse block away.
II had 50 far progressed. however, that
the entire house seemed ablaze when the
department arrived.
Police Of5icer Costei. who was near by.
rushed into the house and found Mrs.
Tracy trying 10 drag her unconscious hus-
hand to = window and save him. The
flames we're close about them. He seized
the form of the secretary and hurried out
with It. In the meantime Mrs. Tracy. al
most asphy MATED, leaped from the win
dow, and falling upon hair mattress
received such injuries that she soon died.
Miss Tracy was found In the hall. She
had evidently been overcome by the heat
and smoke while attempting to escape.
Mrs. Wilmerding, daughter OF Secretary
Tracy. leaped from tho window with her
child and broke her leg. but was not fatally
burned
John 8. Schriver. q newspaper cores
pondent. found 500 near the place where
Mrs. Tracy jumped on the pavement, and
Il Is supposed she had the money in her
hand.
The fire department ofllccrs say the fsre
probably originated in the flues and think
It had been burning for rome time and COM
mssnicatsd 10 The hoors and partitions Of
the walls before its presence became known.
A. 1910 reports from Bancroft Davis'
residence. where Tracy was carried, were
that the latter was sleeping and the pros
poets were fair for his recovery. OF course,
ihis is conjecture. ~ the result il likely 70
he fatal II he hrcathed any Of the flames, As
In quite probable.
In jumping from the window Mrs. Tracy
suffered internal injuries and also broke
her leg. She WAS terribly bruised and con-
siderably burned.
The latest report indicates that only one
servant instead Of two. rs At first reported.
Is dead.
II Is curious fact that nobody in the
house seems 10 have been stirring at the
time of the fire.
The smoke so quickly filed The house
that most OF the inmates were rendered
partially unconscious. however. while
asleep aud were not aroused until the fire.
which had spread beneath the floors.
burned through and broke into fierce
blaze and spread everywhere.
Saxrcfarw Tpar~ss rnsfSa... -. t~-.s.a
in Farrasut square. in fashionable part
of the city. and is the same a. was
occupied by Postmaster General Dickinson
IN Cleveland's administration. II was a
large, fine hriek structure, and was be-
ileved 10 he as safe ~ any residence could
lie. IL was heated by a furnace. The
engine house was located i'm X street, only
about q square distant. Such was the
rapidisy Of the flames that the house was
entirely developed in fire before the engines
could arrive
latest reports of Secretary Traoy's con-
stltion are very favorable, although the con-
siition OF his lungs from his illness with la
grippe, complicated with pneumonia, with
which be has been suffering. makes HE ease
still critical.
TWAS probably his condition that led 10
his succamhing 10 quickly TO the smoke.
IL now appears that Mrs. wllmesd!ng
and her child viii escape with less serious
injury than at first reported. Her wrist il
broken, but her daughter escaped without
broken homes
President Harrison walked over from the
White house 80 socn "a he heard ot the
terrible tragedy. lie was weeping as he
came out from the house where the seer~.
tary lay unconscious and Mrs. Tracy
dying.
Senators Chandler and Hale were among
the visitors. The former stood guard al
the door ct the house.
The interior of the secresaryss house Il =
complete rain Judge Cox's house. saiein.
ING, to which the FIRE spread through The
nhsnsard mot. Is greatly damaged.
Saon after the tragedy. although the
greatest caution VAS observed. Tracy
lesvnsst OF she dessh oi his wife ard
daughter. The rfiect 81 the blow was Ter.
rtt1e ard the SECRETARY zisncxt suecanhol.
Ne rallied. however, and scon composed
himself
Al O'Clock the president decided not
30 attend the Judiciary centennial in New
York tomorrow.
AZ O'clock Secretary Tracy Vas .le~r,-
rag under the influence az opsss@S. and
physicians eesseve him cut OF danger. Ws
vas conscious short tire, and or bearing
a. the death of hts wife and daughter. ex.
pressed the wish that he might also die
with them