The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-08
THIRTEEN BURNED TO DEATH.
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street. The policemen knocked on the
doors and finally gained an entrance into
the Adams house and got the family out
without serious injury.
The servants were frantic in their eff
forts to escape. and Mary Malloy and Min
ME Bogue jumped from the rear to the
fourth floor to the extension, from which
they We're taken down.
A Thrilling Rescue.
Nellie Quinn was cut off on the fourth
floor and appeared front window about
to jump. The crowd yelled TO her to
wait, but there was no time, as the
flames were licking her clothes. The des-
perate woman put her hand over her eyes
and jumped, as she thought, 90 the ground,
but instead landed on the roof of the bow
window, one story below, and lay there
stunned.
Policemen Louis c. Wagner. McInery
and Hiiinlan saw the woman's peril, and
running into the house at No. 8, went 10
the fourth floor Wagner was held by the
heels and he made a thrilling rescue of the
frantic woman.
The fremen managed to confine the fire
in this house to the third and fourth floors.
The body of Mary Laugh!n was found at
the foot Of the stairs leading to the roof.
About 6 o'clock the fiIemen had suf-
ficient mastery over the fire TO permit
search Of the Andrews house. They found
the bodies of the two remaining st. John
children and the bodies of what are
thought to be the two servants, Marie
Roth and Kate Downing.
Finding of the Bodies.
At Ills o'clock the firemen found Mr..
Andrews body. 1t was badly burned and
parts of the legs were missing. 1t was not
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the day by the filing of the teeth.
At o'clock the workers in the debris
found body of large stature, but badly
burned. 1t was iden:sied later by den
list as that of Mrs Andrews.
At various other times before O'Clock
the workers found the charred remains
of four more persons. probably the ser
wants
The fire was in the wealthiest part of
the city.
Rumors that the fire was of incendiary
origin were investigated during the day
and found to have their bases in the fact
that there was a quarrel among the ser
wants in Mr.. Andrews country home last
summer, resulting in the discharge of one
of the servants. One of the domestics re-
ceved an anonymous letter last week
which she showed to the police, but II con-
tanned no threats and was dismissed as
being a trivial matter
The amount of damage to property Is
estimated at about s22OOOO, pretty well
covered by insurance.
MIR. st. John on the Scene.
Mr. st. John arrived in New York at
3 o'clock this afternoon over the Pennsvl-
vania Railroad. He went at once TO his
home perfectly ignorant of the reasons
which caused the sudden summons for
him TO come to New York. and when he
saw the ruins of his house and was told
of the horrible fate of his wife and three
children, he bore up manfully, though it
was apparent that he had to summon all
his strength of viii to do it.
1t is expected that Mr. St. John will take
the bodies of his wife and children, and
those of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews to Will
loughby, o., tomorrow for interment.
John A. Logan. who has charge of the
funeral arrangements for the Andrews
and St. John bodies, said tonight, that
the services win be held Sunday afternoon
The services will be private. The bodies
win be inferred in Woodlawn and not tax
en- to Wioughby. O.