Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-06

hlS tNen i pSOko tub WlnuuW OUT anu
called to Lowe, who was in the alley, to
run up ladder.
THE FLESH LEFT HER BURNING HANDS.
Then they took the man out AID II
proved 20 be the secretary. could not 4
move him my further, for / was ez!4
hsusted and iull up to the neck with
smoke. Then went back into the smoke
and fire again and found young LADY
Miss Mary Tracy they tell me it was
and as / caught hold OF her wrists to lift
her up the flesh came OF her burning
hands. She had been burned. got her
out but Bhe WAS dead"
MIR. Ruth, 40 the solicitation of friends,
visited the undertaker's establishment
and identified Miss Traoy. He made %
hurried examination and found she had
died from suffpeaiion. Mrs. Tracy was
found to have died from rupturaiof !bleoa
vessels.
A gentleman who saw the fres said
never In his life did he see'or hear OF
such sight.
AS TROUGH HE'LL HAD BROKEN LOOSE.
ut seemed" he aaid, ''as though he'll
had broken loose and sent its fiery
tongue to earth. The whole building
seemed one sostaing mass OF flames burss-.
ing from every point. Scream followed
fsoseam, each one more horrible and blood
curdling than the. other, from the interior
of the building. Only few people wers
passing al the tiuaersnd they seeraod lost
Eand bewilderad. The engines soon
arrived. You knov. the-rest.n
SERVANTS FLED FROM THE HOUSE.
Il. o. Turner is footman 1t the Tracy
res;dencs. He,vas a'eye. Witness of part
of the fire. BE was up and dressed before
o'clock and YVES prepared to 60 upstairs
to claan the silver. He alept in the base
ment.
DUST as WAS starting upstairs said
he, 80 oolored man rang the bell and told
tho butler, who answered II, q that the
house was onifre. The butler ran upstairs
and OF once fuqhed back, shouting MY
God, the house Is on fire Tho first
floor was IN flames. We ran,outstIet front
I door. Mrs. Wiimesding and her daughter
wsse at the front second. story window,
screaming for help"
| Both the ladies shortly afterwards
! jumped. Neither struck on her feet but
fell on her side The h0use OF Mr.. E. s.
Raeem, No. 82tSsvsnsoenth street, itself
almost captured By the FIRE, WAS thrown
open for the reception Of the dead and
dying.
MRS TRAcY's DEATH,
Mrs. Tracy, still nlive, was Brought in
by couple Of hreznen and was placed on
q sofa in the dining room. Here she died
| In a few minutes sfter hee. gsscue. She
was fully conscious and apparently suf-
fering but little. II was \ little after s
O'Clock when abs spat up q little blood
hardly enough to be termed hemorrhags
CLOSED her eyes and without moan
ceased to breathe.
| The cook, scorchah and blacHened
until she had Gu Ethiopian appearance,
but not seriously injured, was next
4 brought in. She was provided with an
upstairs room. Secretary Frscy,was the
taird sufferer to bo sheltered undar AIRS.
A Rhsem's roof.
/ Mrs. Tracy's body was removed TO the
residence OF Attorney-eenersl.M Miller.
STATEMENT OF A FIREMAN.
Charles Boss, who is the foreman o.
10. l engine, which was tho frst 60 Kesct
the Ere, seid 70 a Star reporter: when WI
reached the houBs q MAS of flames wa
pouring out Of the psrior fiaor turned
v In the alerm aod immediately afterWagdt
l
aftArvard found were Mrs. Wllnsfdiuf
nnd her daughter, were ct the seoont
story window front and wer,
screaming for help. r yelled u
them TO jump hut einoss instsnfi,
one of them junn5ed, falling on the park
ing. We ran up ladder, which wa
short, aud were preparing to put tht
9thsr extension when tho other watnaE
| R.vnrb0H Cha ahHnNh 10 L.
bounced cff also falling on the parking
We fought our way in the front door ent
no the stairs, which was one sheet o
J flames. We found Secretary Tracy ant
! his younger daughter in IN uncooscicu
condition. We brought the young lod,
! out he front way. She was still breath
Ing slightly, although she was very ia
: gone. Other men took the secretary on
the back way. No flames were coming
| from the basement floor and as far az
Il csa judge at present the fire originated
on the frat floor"
SAD, AFFECTING SIGHT.
In the rear room Of Undertaken Cav
lers establishment two bodies lie O,
!, boards and trestles. They are all thu
, trcmaia of Miss Mary Tracy aud Q
Josephine, the French maid. Miss Trao
evidently died from suffocasion aHhous
9 ane wss burned Blightly in sSVerai places
TIE bead was singed and blaokensd an
O. ISblQotly. The banda and wrists wer
d slnost destitute Of skin, and on the cor
3 I4Sysstei, Redeemed fingers OF the left han
! gliutened rings. One was diamond
= another was simply plain gold, thir
o was narrow band Of blue enamel set i
: l.gold and the other was the edge of 81
Is gold pieoa- There was no expression q
4 pain on the features and death must hay
J come before disfgurement.
d MaET OF HORROR,
; On the other side OF the room under
y rubber cover was o oharYed mass ,
human flesh, twisted and warped beyon
Ell recognition and auppoRea 10 be IL
II Eemains OF the French raaid. The iiee
N was completely burned of ahe head an
II shoulders and from the facial bones Il
Il teeth grinned horribly. The body wi
d drawn up as though to present the lea
Il possible surface 70 she depoug2ne elsnial
!. and ii Was evident that the great d
Il ,etsoysr had made his summons full
: torture.
,c THE SENATE ADSapRrs IL SYMPATHY.
rel WAsHINaToN, Feb. 3.-Iumettiess
"a after the reading Of the Journal In h
10 Senate ME- Carneton announced tbs reoe
stlitctiens in the fsmiliss Of the membe
Of the cabinet aud moved m atiiour
}, laent, WHICH was agreed to unanimousl
BIZ TIE DEAD.
40 The sad evspt hss paralyzed sonie
p. and almost suspended b1siEoea. The fl
n Lat Of cesuait!est's ns follows;
"a Mrs. Delinda E. Tracy died from effee
u Of sutfooation after being removed.
- Miss Mary Trsoy, ased 20 years, dang