The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-07
PERISHED
:. AMID FLAMES
AGED BRIDGET Dryden surFo-
DATED IN A BURNING HOUSE.
She Had Been Led to Place of Safe
: ty, but Rushed Back Into the
'.Building--The Walls Fell on Her.
Ber Body Discovered rs Soon as
the Smoke Had Lifted-Death
: Probably Painless.


Miss bridget Dryden. II maiden lady
oi over 90 years of age, housckecpcr
foi' John Brown. of 81 Brooklyn street.
u11 the West Side, was the victim of
a Gre that broke out yesterday after
noon, she LOSING her life in the CTum-
bling ruins Her body was recovered
aS soon as tn" smoke had cleared suf-
fiuirutIy tu enable the Gremen to peer
ir,u tho shell Of the dwelling left
siqudmu''
st about qI5 o'clock yesterday after
room Miss Nnuie ). Flanncry, who
lives nest door. 1t 40. %, glanced out
uf lie Kitchen window of her home and
saw ferry tongues ol flame licking up
IN" woodworll'a at No. 81. not more than
twenty feet sway, With n scream to
hnr mothgr. Who was i'll in bed with
thn. grip. and her sister, Miss Annie
ran ovclCito Browns house aud went
into the Kitchen. As soon as she en-
tered she saw that the whole ceiling
which was upholstered, was Il mass
Of flames, ana also that Miss Dryden
was trying TO QuCnch them by throw
Ing pans full OF watcr up to them
Miss Nellie Instantly perceived that
the blaze was beyond their united cf-
forts and she persuaded the old lady
and Mr. browns youngest child. Flor
cncp 90 leave the house. They were
gotten ont into the open air and
started for Miss Flanncrys home,
while Miss Flannery, supposing they
had gone there, ran To Timothy y.
GilhOol's general store, some dlstance
away, to turn i'm an alarm.
A. soon as her back was turned,
Miss Dryden, for some ineXplicable
reason, retraced her steps hurriedly,
and went back into the house. which
was by this time seething furnace.
The child. fortunately, went into the
F!annery house. Miss Flannery ran
IN TO Gilhocls store, where n telephone
message was sent TO the Columbia
Hose company, and Immediately after
an alarm was rung in from box 81.
Then Il telephone message was sent
to The lIitchells, who did not come
out because the precinct was out OF
their district,
Thr Columbias were impeded in get
ting e. the scene of the fire. more
than a mile away, on account of the
deep snow. AS soon as they arrived
they received the news that there was
~ woman in the house. Heroic at
tsmpts We're made by several of tn.
volunteer iiremen to enter the house
but they were driven back by thc
lcGiug flames from every door and
window of the part of the house where
ST." was supposed to be. 1t was soor
apparent that it would be impossible
lo attempt rescue and the firemer
turned their attention 20 the almost
consumed. building.
Nfter half an hour, during which
tiiac the entire building had been con-
Sruird, with the exception of the foui
wallis, the iremen again resumed thei,
search, but from the outside, peerinE
in the window holes ana gaps of th'
walls For a time no trace of anything
hut charrcd beams and bricks could b'
discelned but suddenly John Killer
said in loud but awe-stricken tone
"There she is" and pointed to an arm
that obtruded above a heap of smoul
d7ring ruins. the arm was of tht
same hue as the charrcd surroundings
and her hand was tightly clcnched.