Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-09-13
SWEDESBORO.
FATAL coxTLAGRATIox.

FATAL CONFEDERATION.
An alarm Of FIRE was sounded at j. so on
Wednesday night and it was learned that
the house owned and occupied by John
| O'Toole and his wife was on fire. The fire
company and citizens quickly responded,
but the fire had gained such Roadway that
nothing could be saved and the house and
contents were totally destroyed, and Mrs
| O'Toole lost her life in the fierce flames
The aged couple lived alone, the house
being out of the town on the road lead
ing to the Jennings farm. They were
aroused from their sleep by a neighbor
who gave the alarm, and in their confusion
rushed down the stairs and into the heat Of
the fire, the husband first, the wife follow
ing He was badly burned, but the wife
was burned almost to a crisp, her arms and
lower limbs were burned off Her body
was found this Thursday morning in the
ruins Of her home She was a most esti-
mable woman, and her tragic death is a
shock to the community.
The Misses Frances and Fayetta Jen-
nings of Camden, are spending few
days at Glen Echo farm.
Miss Hanna Sharp ands Master Norman
Sharp, spent Saturday and Sunday with
Woodstown friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Turner, and Mr.
Denton, Of Porter, Jay county, Indiana,
have been visiting relatives in this neigh
borhood
Miss Sadie Coalburn, Of Philadelphia,
has been spending two weeks with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. William O.
Titus
Mr. and Mrs Clayton EastlacS have
been entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Reeves and daughter Helen, Of Phila
Hiss Lone Hunter, Of Philadelphia, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs W r. Me-
Cuilough.
Mr. Henry Weatherby, Of Miiiyille,
visited relatives here last week.
Mrs W. S, Mitchell and niece, Miss
Mary Waldron, are spending some time at
Long Branch.
B. R. Moffett and wife have been enter
tanning Mrs Beulah Dilks, of Woodbury..
Mr.. w. H. Mccullough returned on
Friday last from Detroit, Michigan, where
he has been attending the Supreme Lodge,
X. of P.
Miss Ethel Kirkbride, Of Camden, is
spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Hannold.
John Denny, whom we have mentioned
as very sick with hasty consumption, died
early on Wednesday morning. He leaves a
wife and infant son, a mother, and one
sister to mourn his loss.
William Matthews, the colored man who
was murdered near Pleasantville on last
Saturday morning, was a former resident
here where he was well and favorably
known. He was veteran Of the civil war,
and spent last Memorial Day with friends
here.
Sweet potatoes are selling at $3.50 and
SLIGO per barrel, and farmers are rushing
them in in enormous quantities.
Rain is much needed on the newly
seeded fields.
The funeral of John B. Locke, OF Cam
den, whose body was found in the Della
ware river on Wednesday afternoon of last
week, took place here on Friday He had
been i'll several weeks with what is known
as the walking typhoid fever, and early on
Tuesday morning making an excuse to 50
down stairs for drink Of water, he escaped
through the back door and back gate and
in his delirium wandered to the river.
The alarm was given Immediately, and
searching parties were sent out, and his
body was found on Wednesday afternoon as
stated above. He was native Of Swedes-
boro; was the only son of the late Charles
Locke. He married the only daughter Of
Samuel Shute, formerly of this place, but
now of Pedricktown. He leaves a wife and
three children, several sisters, and large
circle Of other relatives, who have the sym
pathy of the community in their sudden
bereavement.