The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-24
FRANKLIN COUNTY. MASS.
TENEMENT HOUSE HORROR
AZ Turner's FaIIs-Fiye Children burned
10 Death and One More Badly Injured.

There was a tenement. house horror at Turner's
Fails Friday morning five little children being
suffoc3tcd in the three story brick block at the
corner of Second and l. streets. The lire started
at $50 O'Clock in the basement quite ear a pile
of groceries and provisions stored there by
Henry Kober VINO Kept store on the ground
pied by Henry Roberts and his family were two
others occupied by Charles Comartin and his
family and Joseph Dubois, his wife and chill.
drcn, bis stepdaughtcr named above and 4 Grip
pied Young man. Above the double tenement
was an attic containing several sleeping rooms,
| occupied by the children of both families. The
adults and the younger children who were with
them escaped, but the five other children were
sufrocatcd. Frank Robert who discovered the
blaze yelled fire in the house and then ran
quarter of u mile to give the alarm The fire de.
parirent had stream playing on the lire in less
than five minutes but they had worked several
minutes before they learned that there were
people left in the building and thenit was too late
as perhaps it had been from the beginning. The
victims were all French children, two of them,
aged and Z, children of Joseph Dubois, another
his stcp,daughter, aged IL. The other two, aged
II each, were children OF Charles Comartn. Mr.
Comartn was up and dressing when he discov.
cred the fire and ran stairs to the attic to get
his children. lie heard them crying: Papa,
come get us and grabbing one under each
arm, he started TO 20 down, but was overcome
and fell the whole length of the stairs, nut hung
ON to the children. At the bottom he struck his
head against the refrigerator and lost his senses
comp ictely. lie CROPPED with the children into
toe kitchen and dropped them where they sui
focaied while lie jumped or fell out of the win
dow landing. These two were only scOrchcd u
little, the flames gaining but little Roadway IN
that room. The bodies of the Dubois children
were al badly burned in the attic where they
slept, their frantic parents trying IN vain, to
reach them, and the ilrenen's ladders being too
short Emma, the daughter OF Charles Comartin,
jumped from II third story window and landed
on Il piazza railing. inuring the back badly.
Theodore Dion made a thrilling escape from an
upper window by sliaing down a clothes line.
The efforts of the men 10 reach the imprisoned
children were in many instances heroic, but the |
thick smoke rendered rescue. The building was
badly Quilted by water and the fire burned |
through the roof. The prick walls were unin-
jurcd and the building will probably be rebuilt |
ut once The loss will exceed $1,000 The build |
ing was insured for $3.50.
New Development in Mr.. Bakers
Trouble.
Another chauter III the rather lengthy story OF |
was FRIDAY Charles II Mayhem of Charlemont !
n brotherin law. filed a petition asking that the /
missing Mr. Baker be declared insoiyent. Mr. /
Mayhem states that Mr. Baker owes him $500 on
states that Waymcs Potter Il Sons of Green |
field sued Mr. Baker for 100000, reiurnable the I
first Monday in March, and that Mr. Baker failed |
to have the attachment dissolved and fraudn'
lently transferred property t" the value of 3d.
800
sudden Death at Northheld.
George u Stcbbins. one of the old residents of
Northiield, was stricken in the street there Fri.
turning home from the postoilicc and fell sud
denly to the ground. lie was taken TO neigh.
boring house and soon expired. He was ,6yearS
Old and was well known rs the former proprie
or of the Stebbins ferry over the Connecticut
river, which is now occupied by the Moodys. Mr.
>,ebbins is survived 10y Il ds lighter, Mrs T. u
calendar OF Northlield.
An Early Morning Fire. 4
The house and barn on auckland side of snel.
Iurne Falls, owned by the heirs OF the late Pat
lex Connors were burned Friday morning, Tine
rouse was occupied by John Connors and his
lister, Miss Margaret CoDnors. She was asleep ;
when the fire broke out. She lost tmost of her ,
lothing, beside So in cash and gol watch
'alued ut SD. The fire started in the barn, but
he origin is mystery. Loss $1,000: insurance ,
iiiHn. .
Ieahcllc ~ johnson against Marshal VI John .
on. both OF orange. They were married at :
October : 1879, aud have lived at
,fHttleboro and Sorthiicld. She charges cruel
mi abusive treatment and INFORMATION She de
ire> the custody of TIVE minor children. Ethel
nd Irwin NJ johnson. She asks for an attach
ncni of $1,000. .
20 snowman y Co. have -oid their bakery
nd cracker business at Greenfield H. tha> u \
hau of Montague
George Mayhew of bell formerly street ear ,
"ndueior at Boston, has purchased The John Il
.ovcridge farm ut North Heath. {
u Graves of West Heath wa- seriously wound j
Il last week hv having pi'ciifork accidentally
uB into his lee.
The Mount u,rnnn glec aud banjo clubs a.
i-,cd Is the E>icy rh"ru, al N"rihicld semi.
ary aud Miss EiNic Eurnrti "f BOSTON. rc.i,icT.
ave a benefit concert Tor the Moani Herman
ihetlr a<sociaiisn IT, stone hall. East North
ELL. MONDAY evening. The concert was thor
uchiy enjoyed by those present and proved a
nancial success.
The BODY of Henry 1. Earnar. formerly
rcil known i,cic niaa ia tiii- section, arrived
& ,'recnieiaL YESTERDAY tr"" i.anhnda Park,