The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-27


less Injured by a FIRE in tho residence OF
James r. Armiger, prominent jeweier.
at sos Charles street The dead arc:
James Z. Armiger, aged 55.
William B. Riley, his son-in law, aged
3G.
Eiehard Riley, son OF W. B. Riley,
a@7d 4.
marian Riley, daughter of W. b. Riley,
aged ~
Mrs. Marian Champlin. daughter Of
james r. Armiger, aged 80.
James Champlin, her son, aged 8.
Horace Manuel, aged So, of New Y ork
city. guest.
The injured are:
Alice Williams, colored, servant, skull
fractured and other serious injuries, she
will die.
Mrs. William b. Riley, burned about
face and arms and suffering from inhala-
tion of smoke; will recover.
Mrs. James r. Armiger, aged 50 slight
burns and suffering from shook and expo
sure.
Miss Eleanor Armiger, aged 4, slightly
burned.
Miss Virginia Armiger, aged 25, ankle
slightly sprained in jumping.
Ida Whiting, colored, servant, slightly
burned and suffering from the inhalation
of smoke; will recover.
Origin of the Holocaust.
The houAc in which the holocaust &C.
Cured is one of q row Of granite front
residences belonging to the A. S. Abell
estate. ON Charles street Just north OF La
fayette avenue 1t is four r@tores in height
and at the time of the fire was filled with
costly furniture and much rare bric-a-
brac. plate and unique iewelry, of which
Mr.. Arnniger was an enthusiastic collector.
In the house were Just 13 persons OF
these ten were members OF the Armiger
household, two servants, and the other,
Mr.. Manuel, was a guest who has been
visiting the Arniger family for the past
two or three days.
All of these people were in their bed
rooms on the upper floors, some of them
being partially dressed when fire was dis
covered issuing from partition in the
cellar. 1t had ignited from an overheated
furnace flue and was first seen by Louis
Whiting, the colored man of all work, who
was at the time cleaning the front steps
Whiting ran to the ada ent corner and
gave the alarm to policeman and hur-
ried back to the house, entered the front
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to the second floor, where MIR. and Mrs.
Armiger had their bedroom. The house
was by this time filed with a dense, sti-
fling smoke, and when the negro and Mrs.
Armiger attempted to descend they found
it impossible. Whiting aided Mrs. Ar
niger to the front window and helped ner
to reach small balcony in front, upon
which be placed her and returned to the
aid of Mr. Alinlger he found tne Sstter
had gone and came back to Mrs, ar
niger, who, clad in nothing but per
nightclothes, was shivering on the ~ VT,
balcony and shrieking IN agonlzed
for help Half dozen iEie2i ~
passing fastened to the power house OF
the Charles street cable car ilne biocK
below, and procured short ladder.
A Fireman's Heroic Work.
When they returned, they found Deputy
Fire Chief McAfee, noted life saver, who
quickly mounted the ladder.
Ii was not long enough. but by stand
ing on the uppermost round he could
reach the frightened woman. As he at
tempted to lift her from the balcony her
scanty clothing caught on an obstruction,
aud she fell forward, with her whole
weight upon the outstretehed arm of the
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every one below expected to see both the
rescuer and the woman he was trying to
save crushed to death on the pavement be-
low, By tremendous effort, however,
McAfee steadied himself, and, holalng
MRS. Armiger with one hand, ne graspea
the balcony with the other. hanging
thus he slowly replaced the LADDER with
his feet and brought the now falnt1ng Wo-
man down in safety.
In the meantime the other inmates OF
the front rooms were croWdlng TO tne VIM
dows, making the most plteous appeals
for help. The people below shouted TO
them not to jump, but Allce Wliilams dis
regarded their warnings ana Win an ap
palling shrek sprang from the fourth
story window, striking the stone steps
full upon her forehead, fracturing her
skull and sustaining other injuries.
An attempt was made to sucoor the
other unfortunates by means OF the door
way on Charles street, but when the po-
licemen burst it in they were met with
such volume of smoke and flame that
they were driven back.
In the rear room on the second floor
were Eleanor and Virginia, the unmarried
daughters of Mr.. Armlger. They were
partially dressed, but SO rapid was the
spread of the flames that they had no time
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