Daily Republican., 1890-02-04

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WARRINGTON, Feb. 8.-The fre alarm,
''S4-9-lO," will long b. rrmsmbersd here.
for with u viii always be associated the
burning Of the residence Of Secretary OF
ths Navy Tracy, the terrible death OF his
wife and daughter Mary. and the injury
Of other members of the family. OF the
servants only one IL numbered among
the vIcsims, Jossphiuc Morrell, the
Frsnch maid. Thisis the list Of dead
aud injured.
Mra. Tracy. wife OF the Secretary.
Killed BY falling from . window.
Miss Mary Tracy, daughter Of the Sec
retsry, suffocatcd by smoke.
Josephine Morrell, tho French maid,
burned 10 death.
TIE INJURED.
Secretary Tracy, rendered uneoaseious
Mrs. wflmerdine, the secretaiy's mar
rlsd daughter, wrist broken BY Jumping
from . second-story window and badly
bruised.
Miss Aiiss wilmerdiur, granddaughter
Of the stcretsry. bruised By jumping
IIVt0 tho Wtuu0W Win ItE mb9hCFs
In all The lear ful calls amity al this morn
with such thrilling aud pathetic dis.
t,uctness q the tersism OF Mrs. Tracy,
who, weak and almost helpless from sick
ness. made q brave attempt 10 save her
husband's life, only TO meet death her
self. When an officer ran mp tho blazing
stairway TO the second door he found
Secretary Tracy unconsc!0us on the door,
Whilp his devoted wife was der petats "
tuggjpg at HE PROSTATE iorm to drAi him
up 10 tho window.
The oiilcers picfed up the secretary
aud carriol him 10 the window OF an
adjoining room, aud then Mrs. Tracy,
feeling that her husband was sale, looked
for meaI Of her own escape. Her bed
room window was iorty feet from the
arss-way below, aud the lenp meant
death. Had she waited few moments
a ladder would have been mt taud, but
With tho lsmss andl smoke behind her
she did not dare to walt, and perhsps
the wtudow-sill to lessen the distance,
Mrs. Tracy hung few seconds aud then
fell into the area-way forty feet below.
Rough but gentle hands picked her up.
She did not scem to suffer much, aud
remained conscious for over an hour.
when death clsimed her.
| Meanwhile Chief Paris had gone 10
the assistance Of the officer who WAS try
ing 10 save Secretary Tracy, and tho un-
conscious man wss lowered to the ground
with the aid OF ladder. By that time
Miss Mary Tracy was already dead.
Whether awakened by the knocking oI
the butler, Nc he claims. or by The denst
smoke. will never be known. She evi
IDENTIFY gropcd her way from her room &c
the hallway near the door OF the bedroom
Of her parents, and was overcome BY
smoke before she could got any further.
Although the flames scorchtd her body
slle probably never felt them, as death
came Ly sunocation. The other victim o.
the flames wns the French maid
Josephine, whose body wac found Ia hel
room burned beyond recognition. Mrs
Wi1merding and her daughter. Miss
Alice, occupied the front rooms on thu
second floor, and were the frat 10 dis
cover. the fire. They ran into tho hall,
but WIRE forced back by the flames
ihen thoy threw up the front wIndows
and, with great presence OF mind climbed
out holding on to tho sill, and dropp. 4
on tue soft g'ass OF the terrace below.
secretary Tracy 10 probably out o.
danger, although tho death Of his wifi,
| $50 1o1AnsoA k&Nc u tcNtTG BROCK.
1t was Iresideut Harrison's sad task "a
i1iorn him OF tho calamity which had
oyortaken him. He asked several times
after his wife and daughter before the
President could summon enough courage
to impart 10 him tho dread news, and
when the Secretary hsa ard 1t all Al last ht
swooned away.
DETAILS or THE HORROR.
l ~.
o'clock this morning saw smoke issuing
from the front windows, aud at once
raised an alarm Of fro. Tho Fire and
Police Departments responded promptly.
Tho premises were almost concealed by Q
dense smoke, which was thickened by 0
heavy fog which was Just lifting. II wal
soon discovered that the house wa7 ali
ablsze inside, aud that the main stairway
was burnt. thus cutting oil communica.
tion with the sleeplng a. artments on the
second and third ficors. A scene OF the
widest confusion snsued when 1t wa,
known that all the members oftho family
were 10 the house. The firemcn behaved
like heroes In The emergency, and weni
through fire and smoke In searching ioi
them In the different apartments.
Mrs Wilmerding, tho Secretary
daughter, aud Mas Wilmerdiug, forcsd
their way through the tiinding smok,
and jumped from tho second story win
dnw front. Ladders wore raised for them
but in their ego t,ment they failed to Sc,
them. Mrs. Wilmerdipg broke her lei
wrist and was severely bruised. He
daughter was badly injured about tn,
lower limbs, but broke no bones. The,
both suffered severely from the shock
They were taken at once to the residence
OF Dr.. Baxter, near BY. aud restorative
spp!led.
CARING FOR THE INJURED.
The house Of Mr.. Il. 8. Rheem, No
S2l Seventeenth street, itself almost cap
tured by the Gre, was thrown open TO
the reception oil the dead and dying.
Ms. Tracy, still alive, was brought Ii
BY couple oi firemen and placed on
sofa ln the dining room. Here she lin
gered about an hour, fully conscious M,
apparently suffering but little. II wns
lite after 8 o'clock whom she Epat up
little biooi-hardly enough to be tertne,
q hsnorrhage--closed her eyes and with
out moan ceased to breathe.
The cock, scofchsd aud blackened unit
she had an Ethiopian appearance, but no
seriously injured, was the next brough
In. ehe was provided with an up.talr
room.
| Secretary Tracy was the third sufIcre
to be sheltered under Mr.. kheem's root
THE INJURED IMPROVING.
Tho injured are Improving. Tho Prcsi
dent visited Secretary Tracy again thi
evening. and found him regaining hi
l AtrouRth thnuOh atlII har6lv ahls u