The sun., 1892-05-11
A GIRL BURNED TO DEATH.
MISS IAUDBRBEKK's FATAL ATTEMPT
10 SAVE A PET COLI.
The Barns asa OsseuilAiags - Msr Fathers
rsra scf On Fire. aAa HER 0SAy Aftsr.
ward Found Ia the 90oNlAerlng 1uins.

The barns asa Oatbuilalags - Msr Hathsrss
Fsrn See o. Fire. aaA Mer nsAy Aftsr.
ward Found IL she saosiAerans 1uins.
Horace T. vauderbesk has always been
known az one Of the most, prosperous farm
ers in Somerset county. N. J.. and until
Monday no farm in ths neiehborhood Of Lam
ington. a little hamlet ton miles from Somer-
willie. made better appearance than his. Yes
terday his barns and outbuildings were mass
Of smoudcrinG ruins. while his 21-year.old
daughter Augusta had been burned to death
in tho fire Of the night before. which swept
away the barns and outbuildings in q short
half hour. How the FIRE was started is mys-
tory. but everything indicated that It was OF
incendiary origin. although the work had to
be done under the clear light OF the full moon.
The flames were first seen from the house OF
Hezekiah Eich. who lives nearly a half mile
away. 1t was few minutes past midnight
when the Eich boys rushed down to the hollow
where the vauderbeek house stood and awoke
tho inmates. who were sleeping on utterly ig-
norant OF the fire raging so dangerously near.
Ivory one Of the outbuildings was on fire
when the neighbors arrived. and 1t was ap-
parent that eaoh building must have been
fred separately. The two sons OF the old
farmer slept in the ell at the rear OF the house.
Archibald, ono OF the boys. says that his first
thought was for the eight horses In the stable.
and after calling his sister Gussie he ran down
stairs and out into the yard He was the onlv
one that saw his sister after the family was
aroused.
saR soft SRieh siys beonsed to Ser All the other
horses were stabbed on ono SIDE OF the yard.
and h. sH Was IN budne
S from ut tSe stables That was the last her brother
Tp nv
aW missed S and II was not until the Are had spent
its force that her absence was noted. Then
se sureested % that she had gone to the house Of a
sse oaldnt be found: and then her father
COW cow YARD d stood straw rack. which was sup
The s ground was much lower at one corner
than another. leaving a, space ol ABOUT three
tns fnIar hs rack 8th er
back resting ag ainst the stone. the body OF the
girl was found 9arnet PAS @ sfstin only
he nSM conjeetured. @ She had to pass this rack to
t" reach reach the bu ildinG whore the colt was.
SsT a ss 4sf s os ss
was not on fire. and she may haye a; It tried to
the hent OF the flames. only to be overcome by
The only means OF absolutely identifying the
girl was by. her teeth. Coroner Brady was
inr, and after taking the statements Of the
witnesses he reported the girls death to Prose.
rutor Steele OF Somervile Mr. steele has put
Somerviile's Chief OF Police. who will 60 to
IaminC Cton to-day and endeavor to find who Is
Responsible for the Rirlss death and the de-
struction Of the barns.
Ali OF the horses and cattle belong ging to Mr..
only thing rescued from the half dozen out
buildings was an old farm wagon. The loss is
between 5000 and $1,000 The Vauderbeek
have n number OF relatives. Ex. Congress-.
man Aivah 4. Clark is an uncle OF the dead
GIRL