Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-24


,.,s-The Monetary Loss Com
lively Sman-The City Pro
s,~5lv Affected by the Casualty.
-rs~.-e 3D.. February 23.-Seven
-e asphyxiated. one fatally
uping from window, and
~ more or less injured by
residence of James r. Ar
prominent jeweler. at No.
Charles street. this morning.
THE DEAD.
r.. Armiger. aged 50.
william B Riley, his son-in-law,
Riley. son of W. B. Riley,
Riley daughter OF W. b.
ICED 2..
Marian Chaplin. daughter Of
r Armiger. aged 80.
Chaplin. her son, aged 8.
ace B. Manuel. aged 56, Of New
yg, CITY. o. guest.
FATALLY INJURED.
Alice Williams. colored, servant;
ewed and other serious in
TIE WOUNDED.
r William B. Riley. burned about
and arms. and suffering from in
8u OF smoke; will recover.
rs James R. Armiger, aged 5O;
- burns and suffering from shock
exposure.
W Eleanor Armiger, aged II;
v burned.
v Virginia Armiger, aged %;
slightly sprained i'm jumping.
Whiting. colOred. servant; slight
burned and suffering from Inhalation
uose. will recover.
/ The house I'm which the holocaust
--ei is one of a row of granite
-r residences belonging TO the a. 3.
I estate. on Charles street, just
OF Lafayette avenue. It is four
in height. and at the time OF
ra was filed with costly furni-
and much rare bric-a-brac. plate
unique jewelry. of which Mr.. Ar
was
IS ENTHUSIASTIC COLLECTOR
.rr house were thirteen persons.
-rese. ten were members of the Ar
household. two were So vanrs,
.he other Mr. Manuel was a guest
has been visiting the Armiger
~ for the past two or three days.
his purpose 10 have returned TO
-0me i'm New York last night. but
4-miger prevailed upon him to re-
until Monday
i OF these people were i'm their
rooms. on the upper floors. some of
being partially undressed. when
aou minutes after eight o'clock
morning fire was discovered iSSu-
from a partition I'm the cellar. Tt
nited from on Overheated FUR
fUo and was first seen by Louis
ing. the cOlOred man-Of-all-wOrk,
was at the time cleaning the
steps. Whiting ran to the ada
corner and gave the alarm 70 a pO-
and hurried back to thehOuse,
the front door closed it be-
him and ascended to the second
where Mr.. and Mrs. Armiger had
bed room. THE house was by
time filed with
n2NSE. STIFLING SMOKE.
uaa the negro and Mrs. Armiger
ul o Jo descend they found il inn
Whiting aided Mrs. Arm
Tho front window and helped her
.t small balcony i'm front, upon
placed her and returned 10
SIR Arm.ger. He found the
gone. and came back TO Mrs.
Eh0. clad I'm nothing but her
clothes. was shivering on the mar
ry and shrieking in agonized
he1p. Half a dozen men who
passing FASTENED 70 the power
.he Charles street cable car
block below. and procured a
er When they returned they
Deputy Fire Chief NcAfee. q no.
rr who quickly mounted the
was mo-, long enough, but
sanding on the upparr70st round he
reach tle frightened woman. As
nn.ed -o lift her from the bal
r1n-y clothing caught on an
and she lell forward with
welsh, upon the out
m of the fireman. Just
Htfar slipped and every one
ai To- see both the rescuer
Woman he was trying To- save
DASHED TO DEATH
pavement below. BY a tremen-
-- however. McAfee steadied
and holding Mrs. Armiger
'3nd grasped the balcony
other. Hanging thus he slow
I The ladder with his feet
' The now fainting woman
safety. Tn the meantime the
es of the front rooms were
.o The windows making the
ons appeals for help. The
'N shouted 10 them not 90
Alice Villains disreg garded
r1s. and with an appealing
.as from the fourth story
truck The stone steps fun upon
.d f-ac,uriug her skull and
other injuries from which
An attempt was made 90
H1tor,ucates by means OF the
Charles street. but when
me0 burs, TO I'm they We're met
volume of smoke and flame
were driven back
r room OF the second floor
nor and Virginia. the unmar-
-s of Air Armiger. They
r dress d. but so rapid was
o.. The flames that they had
escape by the stairway. I'm
niy they leaned far out Of
rjow a0f
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