The Princeton union., 1896-02-27
.SEV EN ARE KILLED.
AN OVERaEATED FURNACE FLUE Isl
THE CAUSE.
Fire In the Residence Of a Prom
inent Jeweler In baltimore suf-.
focates Six Members of the FAM
lily and a Guest-A Servant Fatal.
.8 u Buurned-Five u Others More or
Less Injured.

baltlmOre, FeD. %. So Seven people
were asphyxiated, one fatally hurt by,
Jumping from a window, and five 9th
ers more OF less injured by a fire in the.
residence of James r. Armiger, a.
prominent jeWeler at 1906 Charles.
street, this morning.
The dead are James r. Armiger,
aged SO; William B. Riley, his son-in-.
law, So; Richard Riley, 4; Marian
Riley, 21-2; Mrs. Marian ChampIin.
daughter of Armiger, 80; James.
Champlin, 3; Horace B. Manuel,
guest, Sc.
Fatally Injured Alice Williams,
colored servant, skull fractured and
other serious injuries.
lnjured-Mrs. William Riley, burned,
about face and suffering from inhala-
tlon OF smoke; will recover. Mrs j.
Armiger, aged SO, slight burns and suf-
ferlng from shock and exposure Miss
Eleanor Armiger, Il, slightly burned.
Miss Virginia Armiger, 25, ankle
Whiting, colored servant, slightly
burned and suffering from inhalation
of smoke; will recover.
The house in which the holocaust
occurred is one of a row Of granite
front residences belonging to the A. S,
Abel estate on Charles street. Just
north of Lafayette avenue. 1t is four
stories high and at the time Of the
ire was filled with costly furniture.
and much rare bric-a-brac, plate and
unique jewelry, Of which Mr.. Armiger
was an enthusiastic collector In the
house were just thirteen persons. OF
these ten were members of the Armig-
er household, two were servants and
the other, Mr.. Manuel, was a guest
VINO has been visiting the Armiger.
famlly Tor the past two or three days.
1t was his purpose to have returned to.
his home in New York last night but
MI. Armiger persuaded him to re-
main until to-day. All of these people:
were IN their bed rooms on the upper
floors, some Of them partially dressed,
when at S:15 this morning fire was,
discovered issuing from a partition in,
the cellar. 1t had ignited from an
over-heated furnace flue. Mrs. Armiger
was rescued with difficulty.
.~ Leaped to Her Death.
Ihe other Inmates in the front rooms
crowded to the windows making the
most piteous appeals for help. The
people below shouted to them not to-
jump, but Alice Williams disregarded.
their warnings, and with en appealing
shrlek sprong from the fourth story:
window and struck the stone steps:
full upon her forehead, fracturing her:
Skull and sustaining other injuries;
from which she will die.
BY this time the 1irelnen had reached,
the scene and in a tWinkling had,
reared long ladders Up to the windows:
at both front and rear. Up these thew
sWarmed, and in a few minutes the
remaining inmates of the doomed;
house were carried out. On the STAIR
way leading from the second to the
third floor was fond the body Of Mr.
Armlger. with that Of his little grand
son, Richard Riley, clasped tightly in
his arms, showing that the old man.
had made gallant attempt to rescue
the boy at the cost of his own life.
IN the front room on the third floor
was found the corpse of Mr.. Manuel.
He, too, had the body Of child in
his arms. In tile rear room on the
third floor. lying Oh the bed. the fire.
men found the dead body of Mr.. Riley.
by his side lay his wife, breathing
family. She was hurried into the
open air in time to save her life, and
though She is badly burned about the.
race and arms and half-crazed by her
terrible loss, she will recover. In an
other room were the bodies of Mrs.
Champlin and her three-year-old son,
while upon the upper floor the firemen
found Mamie Whiting, the colored
servant, unconscious from smoke, but
not seriously hurt go. -- f.