The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-06
HORRIBLE DEATHS.
MONROE HIGH SCHOOL DES.
TROYED AND TWO YOUNG
MEN BURNED IN TIE
FLAMES.

Full Particulars of the Horrible Burn.
ing as Sent Us by the United Press.
Pemberton and Bost Were the unfor.
tunate Young Men.
kilograms were received here yester-
day conveying the sorroWful tidings that
Monroe High School had been destroyed
by fire, and two bright and promising
young students consumed in the flames.
1t was terrible and sent a shudder
through every frame. 1t was the sad
topic at the capitol among the legisla-
tors and on the streets among citiz.ns.
The facts of the terrible catastrophe
were as follows:
The alarm of fire was given from Mon
roe High School yesterday Thursday
morning about quarter to 4 O'Clock. and
at that time the building was in flames
and the light from it could be seen
| quarter of mile. Mr.. Andrews, one of
the Principals of the school, lives in the
building and takes boarders, most of
whom are young ladies. There were also
three young men boarding in the build
| ing, and they slept in the third story.
The fire originated on the second story,
and probably from a flue, and spread
rapidly over the building. The Princi.
pal and his family and the young ladies
rushed out hurriedly in their night
cloth and barely escaped with their
lives.
Rocks were thrown at the third story
windows to arouse the boys Messrs Al
bert Bost, from Cabarrus Co Thos. Penn
berton from Arkansas, and young man
from South Carolina, name unknown to
US Mr.. Bost and the young man from
South Carolina we're aroused and made
their way to the second story by back
stairs and tried to make their escape.
They met the flames. The young man
from South Carolina rushed through the
flames in his night clothes, and made
} his escape receiving bad burns on
his face and hands. What become of
Mr.. Bost is not known. He may
have fallen and been burned or
turned back to seek escape by
some other passage, and found sad
Z death by burning. 1t is not known
whether the young man, Mr.. Thos. Penn
berton was aroused, though some
! thought he WAS seen at the window
He perished in the flames Mr.. Bost
!. was 18 or 10 years old, and Mr.. Pember-
ton was about 16 years, and they were
bright and promising youths. Their
tragic death has cast a gloom over the
eItire community and section.
All the furniture, pianos, &C., were
destroyed. But these are not to be men
toned when we think of the sad anC
I. terrible death of those two young men.
DR.. j. G. Brown, Assistant Enrolling
= Clerk of the Senate, had two boys at the
): school and when he heard of the FIRE b,
. telegraphed to ascertain if they were
= harmed, and received the following ans
; wer:
=; MONROE, N. c., March 5.-Dr. J. @
% Brown No, sir. Your boys are no
= harmed. Fire occurred about O'Clock
Pemberton and Bost were burned +
death. 8. W. PARHAM.
\ Another and Later Account.
Ry United Pressl
NJ MONROE, N. c. March, 4-Fire wa
discovered in the Monroe High Scho,
this morning at $50 o'clock. An alarl
was at once sent in, and the studen,
of the school were aroused as soon as po
o. sible. but it was too late to save tt
! building and two unfortunate your
or men, Thomas T. Pemberton, OF Lift
70 Rock, Arkansas, and Albert Bost,
h he Bosts Mill, N. O. who perished in IL
. flames At the fret alarm, the your
90 ladies who roomed on the grouu
ie;s floor made their escape. The your
he men roomed on the third floor, an
when the alarm reached them the meal
of escape was partially cut of and tt
building filled with smoke and flame
y, Albert Bost and A. G. Rhodes were
w. room togeth,r. Albert walked fir
and. discovering the fire, woke Rhode
In trying to escape Albert started f
the west entrance, which was In u
part of the building where the fire ori
mated. He was suffocated by smok
overcome by heat, and W, Mt down wi,
the building Rhodes sought the ca
entrance and managed to eeca]
after being severely burned about Il
neck, head and arms Thos. Pembe
ton was not seen at all, and his renal
were found on the wire springs of b
bed, leading to the belief that be did n
wake at all The head, arms and le
of the bodies were burned of, leaving
mass of charred flesh. The building "
completely destroyed, together with t
school furniture, four pianos and t
= library. The origin Of the fire is .
known