The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-02-10
CHILDREN BURNED.
Shocking HoIocausts at BeHaire and
Kansas City.
SIX CHILDREN PERISH IL FLAMES.
Three Ia Elacr4 Town one Case Due 20 a
sISthev's NegIect-The Other so q
Fathers EoI-I-A boy
Eoasted-

BELLAIHE, Mich. Feb. s.-The house
pf Oliver Pattie, o miles Meth os
town, burned to the ground last night
Three children we're roasted TO death.
Their ages were respectively II, 10 and g.
a neighbor's boy Taylor By name,
had been Playirg with the children
and II IS fea'Ied that lac was burned,
ZOO. Neiss Abors saw the light at 10
'ocioeF last night and hurried to the
reSc-ae, but We're too late to do any good
All the children were in the house
alone! The father works nights in a
Hellaire factory. The mother was
AWAY preaching, it Is said. She is an
enthusiastic adhereut of the sect called
the 'Groverites, which hourishes in
this community, and much Of her time
is spent in elucidating their doctrines.
Friendly ncighbors at once offered their
services in hunting for the dead bodies.
The bodies were charred almost be-
yOud recognition and there were e.vi-
'dences Of frightful struggle with the
flames The GRIEF of the luther was
pItiful in the extreme. He could not
be comforted Gt is supposed that the
fire started while the children were
asleep, and that they were unable.
either through fear Oh on account of
locked doors, to make their escape.
o THREE At KANSAS CtrY.
KASsAs CRY, Mo-, Feb. s-There
was a terrible loss of human life by the
burning of little shauty ut 1910 West
Eighth street, just west of Santa Fe
street These three little colored child
reR were burned and smothered TO
death: Arthur James, aged IL years;
. Joseph Mitchell, aged 10 years; Emma
James. aged years.
Mrs James, mother of the two dead
children, had her arms badly burned
before she escaped from the burning
building after n fruitless effort to save
7Lhe little ones, Mr. James was also
burned. Three other children We're
spending the night in the house, but
these we're rescued com mparativcIy un-
hurt with their mother, Mrs. johnson.
q Shortly before midnight James arose
to go to the rear room. He took
burning brand from the fire as Il light
As he started to pass through the low
doorway his torch set fire to some
flmsy curtains In "a second the whole
room seemed in a blaze.
Mrs johnson and Mrs. james were
aroused instantly. The former escaped
with her children, but not until she mad
been sOmevha burned James and
, his wife, after the first panic, which
drove them from the house, returned
for the children, but were unable to
reach them. Both We're burned badly
sboat t}5e face and arms I'm their frantic
but fruitless efforts to reach the inside
room
Mrs. James was frantic, and strong
men had difficulty in preventing her
throwing herself headIouE into the
fire. When she fully realized that
hope must be abaudOncd, for the chill
dren were dead, her lamentations were
pitiful and she seemed wholly bereft of
reason
The fire evus quickly extiuguished,
but not until the little shanty was
complete wreck, BY the side of the
bed in the second room two of the little
bodies were found. The children had
doubtless beeR aroused only-to be suffo-
Gated by the snolze. The third body
wUs9still in the bed
A BOY ROASTED.
EUDIgG, Mich, Feb. s,-CaPt. Wilson,
of the life saving crew at Point Sable,
came to this city yesterday on foot, the
roads all being blocked. He reports
the burning of the house of Ernest
BOclCus, a resident Of Lincoln, three
miles north of bsrc sunday night One
of the Bockus boys was roasted to
death, while another had a nas'royv es-
cape The CHILDREN had been left alone
by their parents