The sun., 1894-12-24
THREE CHILDREN ON FIRE.
DELLA DEAD; MiUD AND THE
many NAY RECOTER.
Belts Lighted q risce OF Paper ~ = stove
In Her Mother's Abssucs sad Fiourished
IL nNrr FlNn.Nenr-nId ManA's Hand.

Belts Lighted q rtecc OF Paper rt = stove
In Her Mothers Abssucs ssd FIourishsd
t over Five.year.oId Maua's Head
On the first floor o: a two-story double brick
house at 200 South First street. williansburgh.
lived Charles Cornweli Griver for Nogel's tin
factory in South Ninth street, with his wife and
three children. Maud. aged years Della. .
years, and two-months-Old baby not yet
christencd. They had two rooms, front
room which was used as kitchen
aud dining room and smaller one back Of
IL used as the bedroom. Cornwcll worked yes
terlay, but was expected home at . o'clock last
evening. Twenty minutes before that time
Mrs. Cornwell put on her shawl and hat to go to
a grocery on the corner for bread. There was a
fire in the kitchen stove and the CRATE was ex-
posed. Maud and Della were playing on the
floor and the baby was sleeping in a small cot in
u corner Of the kitchen.
After Mrs. Cnrnwel left Della got peco OF
paper and stuck it In the grating When II be-
gan to burn she pulled ii out, and fiourished II
over Maud's head. Maud jumped to her feet,
and told Della that IL was wrong to burn paper.
and said that she would tell her mother. Della
continued to wave the burning paper, and soon
she set Maud's clothes on fire. While Maud was
trying to put out the fire Dela's clothes caught
from hers. Maud. still on fire. ran into the hall
and opened tho front door. She stood there
screaming.
Charles Franklin. n fresco painter. who lives
opposite. at 1903 South First street, was at his
parlor window with William Marinus and John
Drescher. Jr. They heard the girls screams
and saw her on fire. Drescher seized his over
coat and, followed by the other two men. ran
out OF the house. lie wrapped the cont around
the girl and smothered the fire. In the mean
time Mrs. Jane Hanson widow who lives on
the opposite side Of the hall from the Cornwells
had also heard the screaming. She crossed
the hall to the Cornwells' kitchen and opened
the door. The room was on fire. ana she saw
the baby lying on the floor. Tie baby seemed to
her to he bundle Of burning rags. and she was
just going to turn away from II when the bun
die moved. Then she picked 1t up aud ran ont
To the stoop, where she met FRANKLIN and
Drescl!cr in tho mean time had taken Maud
across the street into Frankln's house, whittier
wraps had been cxtinsuishcd Mrs. Hanson In
her excitement forgot all about Della, whom
sne had heard screaming when she first entered
utes after the baby had been taken out. She
found hci rooms on fire. aud asked for her chill
dren.
, The fremen arrived and stretched line OF
two OF her children had been rescued. and she
screamed that her little Della was burning 70
Tint time. franklin ran over to the burning
house and tried 10 enter Foreman Mccarthy
stood at the door. and az To INIT occurred
Franklin said to n reporter last night:
shouted to Mccarthy: For Gods sake,
save the child that Is In the house Mccarthy
didn't seem 10 mind me at first end then told
him again for Gods sake to gc3 the child. He
said he couldn't do IL then. as the whole place
was burning. ] wanted TO rush into I he huilling
myself. but he would't let me. and yelled to
Drive this man away Then, OF
course. had 10 get away"
The iir.men dciuged the place with water and
when the fire was out and an examination of the
rooms was made. the body OF Della was found in
the bedroom Just within the door. The child
must have tried to save herself by running into
this room.
The body was wrapped In an old dress and
given to n policeman. who took N To he Bedford |
avenue police station. Mrs COrnweli went into !
Mysteries in Franklin's house when she learned |
the fate Of Della. and AN ambulance surgeon. |
who had been summoned to attend the injured !
children. attended her Maud's left arm. her |
feet and her face were badly burned. The !
baby's right arm and left leg were burned. Both |
we're left Frankin house. where IL was said !
asst night they would probably recover.
COrnweil arrived after the fire was out When |
he was told that one OF his children was dead |
md the others injured, he almost tainted and |
had To lie assisted into Franklin's house. where |
'tlmuants were given to him. He said the fire |
eft him homeless and destitute. and cried like |
child. A subscription for tho family was |
started in the neighborhood.
The damage by fire was about $500 on Corn |
wells property and 500 on the house.