The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-06
TWO WOMENS LIVES SAVED.
Capt. Hichborn's Daughter and Her
Friend I'm Great Peril.

Atlantic City, N J., July 6.-Little Phii
Hichborn, jr, the tweIve-year-old son
of Capt. Philip Hichborn, chief naval con-
structor of the United states Navy, was
setting Off firecrackers yesterday near his
fathers handsome residence at Brigantine.
Beach. How il happened, no one can tell,
but a spark flew into an open window and
soon the entire garnet, built of yellow
pine and inflamnable as pitch, was In
flames.
Clara Morris, a colored maid, discovered
the fire Her first thought was for her
Young mistress, Miss Martha Hichborn, aud
her guest, Miss Marguerite Tyler, of Wash
ingtou, ID. G. She knew that they were
sitting on the upper piazza, and she ran
upstairs and tried to get TO them, but
triple wall of fire and smoke and closed
doors barred her way.
She could hear the frantic voices of the
young women as they appealed for aid,
and she mingled her cries with theirs, but
she could not get to them, nor they to her.
The other servants got out without diff
Guilty.
Meanwhile the alarm had spread through
the little seaside city, and the wild ringing
of the town bell notified the inbabita nts
OF the fire. Every able-bodled man was
soon at the scene, for fire at the seashore
is the most dreaded enemy. There was
no fire apparatus in the place, but u bucket
brigade was formed and began passing
water up from the ocean. The holder
spirits first turned their attention to the
work OF rescuing the iinperiled women.
Charles Harris led the way. Tossing a
blanket over his head, the young volunteer
mounted the stairs and rushed through the
smoke and heat to the piazza in front,
where the frightened women were COVER
ing Nothing but stiff sea breeze
tanning the flames towards the north west
prevented them from being killed. But
even as it was there was no time to he
lost
Harris was about to seize Miss HIGH
born, when she mutely motioned toward
her guest. So he picked up Miss Tyler,
fainting and helpless with terror, nd
rushed with her through the house and
down the stairs He did not pause there,
but returned and carried Miss Hichborn to
safety. Then he succumbed himself,
and 1t was found that his hands had been
terribly burned in the performance OF his
heroic work He was treated by DR.. Arm
dangerous
But the sea breeze was working mis-
chief. 1t drove a shower OF sparks
toward the cottage of United States Sena-
tor Mitchell of wisconsin, which is now
occupied by Washington friends OF the
Senator. and soon that splendid seaside
palace was on fire. At the same time the
cottage OF Capt. James HoldZkom and the
Bngantine House, where Senator Q uay goes
for rest and recreation, were discovered to
be on fire.
The firenen Stopped work on the orig
inal pile and left it TO its fate. as they
turned Ia prevent the fire from spreading
1t was a sharp fight, but the fremen won,
aid the houses which at one time looked
as il they would 20 up in smoke were
saved. The Hichborn cottage was a total
loss, together with most OF the outbuildings
surrounding it. Most of the valuable fur
niture was taken out by the volunteers be-
fore The fire reached it, and, of course, was
saved
Col Hichborn had not arrived at his
summer horne, and Mrs. Hichborn had gone
TO Atlantic City for the day. The cottage
was in the hands OF servants. The loss il
fully covered by insurance