Evening journal., 1896-05-22
SAVED BY BRAVE WOMEN
Flames and Smoke In an Old
Peoples Home.
INMATES PARALYzED BY FRIGHT

Two Heroic Women Garry Helpless Aged
Men and Women From a Burning Build
ing 10 Places Of saFety--Nine Were
Thus Rescued.
NEW HAVEN, May s2. --Somewhere in
1 she cellar Of tile Old Peoples home on
Hallock avenue, q tiny bit of fire. falling
\ perhaps from the open door OF the fur
Y naoe, caught among the dry stuff and be-
+ gan 70 spread. Hallock avenue was drows.
+. Ing,
Y The spark Of mischief smoldered for
awhile, and then went creeping, silently
and stealthily, like thief in the night.
up through the lathing Of partition wall
4 TIL 1t reached the bathroom ON the second
noor. There in the yellow pine it found
fht material to feed upon. 1t gathered
force, burst open he'door and filed the
y cham bers with suffooating smoke.
n Then came feeble crios from the inmates
i-cries mixed with suffooatinR sounds and
!pitiful prayers for help. The upper floor
was In panic, but the inmates, old, fee-
3le some Of them bedridden or chair
bound, were rendered helpless by terror.
they could do nothing to help themselves
s-nnthina but call feebly ano choke and
! bray.
i' Down stairs in the kitchen, obliyious OF
= he peril which menaced their aged board
rs, were Mrs. N. g. Dorman and her
laughteT Mrs. William Hull. Mrs. Dor
nan Is faith curist
Mother, / smell smoke, cried the
aughteF suddenly.
You are right said the. mother.
Z There's something wrong up stairs -
The women rushed to the foot of the
nd thor Dor ko -
card the cries of the palsied creatures
lere. They bounded up the stairs and in
the midst OF the binding smoke. They
aid no attention to the flames. All their
ire was for the poor old creatures shack
d with age who were imprisoned there
ld in imminent danger of suffocation.
Shaking as II with Palsy.
They found 90-year- David Beeoher
wering IN his bed and shaking as If
ith palsy. They wrapped him in a blan-
st and carried him down stairs and out
"A the porch, where the air was damp,
at at least free from smoke.
Frank GLADDEN., aged 75 and suffering
pm heart disease had fallen fainting TO
floor and lay there like log of wood
splutely helpless. Him, too, they bore
a place OF safety.
In one room they found a group of old |
5nlen huddIed together and whimperinR
70 frightened children. Mrs Dorman
oke sharply to them. Her words acted
30 tonic Obedient to her command,
~ rose and tottered, coughing and chok- |
3, to the door and down the stairs to |
ETY.. Not one Of them was harmed.
Two or three besides the old men men,
ned had TO be carried down stairs One
two, after they had reached a place of /
ETY., were so daft with excitement and
ror that they tried to creep back up the
irs again and were restrained with
ce.
3y this time HaIlock avenue had awak-
ID from its browse. Strong men came
aning up, eager to lend helping hand,
the two cool and courageous women
forestallsd them. Then the fremen
! le along and attacked the fire. 1t was
! difficult one to manage and was put
but not until 1t had done much dam
to the interior of the home.
4 he rescued inmates were David Beech
& nd Frank GLADDEN., mentioned above
& IL Mary Charlotte Tuttle of New Ha-
N aged 80; Marcus Stratton Of Nichols,
! ss; FliphRlet Baldwin Of Derby,
I so; Emily Hawley OF West Haven,
& 80; Mrs @. c. Hubbell Of Fair Ha.
aged 10, and Mrs. May Good Of Hun-.l
ton and Mrs. Sallie Carr OF New Ha.
II each three quarters OF a century old