Evening journal., 1904-01-26
FATHER PERISHES
At CHILD's SIDE
Continued from First Pageo

down to see what the trouble was.
lcalling my husband at the same time.
I'VE both ran back UP the stairs and
tried to get the children out. l was
There first and broke the window with
lmy fist. My husband thrust Albert
out the window. He then picked me
up and with the baby in my arms push
ed US through the window. by this
time the room was filled with smoke
land fire. ! saw him cropping about by
the light from the fire after Lena,
whose hold on my dress had been
lbrolen when / was pushed out. I heard
lher screams and saw him stagger over
Ito her and fan. Then the flames con-
sumed them both. / tried to go TO
their rescue but people held me.
In my bare feet / mace my way TO
lmy brothers house. Dr. Francis
lSpringer of Newport. came short
lily after and dressed ou2 wounds.
Nothing Saved.
I'VE did not save a thing. Our
lclothing furniture and our savings
were consumed. together with a life
insurance policy in the Prudential
Company for $3.50 on Lena's life."
origin OF the Flres
The fire originated on the outside OF
la shed kitchen, which heads several to
lay it at the door Of incendiarism. The
Jacob children while playing in the
lot back Of the house yesterday came
running 20 the house and told their
mother they had been frightened AMY
by a man. No further attention was
. paid to the matter until the fire oc-
CURED.
Now a significance is placed upon
> the strangers presence.
Houses Burned Like Tinder.
There were four houses consumed
5 In less than an hour all were in ashes
George II. Powell lived in one An
tonic Diana in another. The third was
= vacant. The house occupied by th'
= Jacobs family was owned by the Jo-
] seph Tatnall Estate and the othei
, three by Mrs. Mary Pritchett Of thii
lefty. The total loss viii be between
$4,000 and $1,000.
A Gruesome Spectacle.
The scene Of the fire this morning
. was gruesome. Lying within a few
r feet of the smouldering ruins were thi
e charred bones Of tilc father and daugh
(. ter, dragged out Of the fire by neigh
:. Ibors They were upon the ground, GOV
:, cred by pieces of paper and an ok
/, storm blanket. The more morbid o
4 the spectators would lift the covering
r. and gaze upon the bones, which ar
= thrown together in pile.
A short distance from this lies tn
s top of the skull Of the little girl TIL
k hair was matted and charred. Som
of the onlookers not seeing II in thei
= efforts to see where the tragedy oc
4 CURED had stepped upon it. No on
5. made an effort to remove II.
q Mrs. Jacobs Frustrated.
The condition Of Mrs. Jacobs is pitt
= able in the extreme. With not a par
ticle of clothing. her husband an
a daughter dead and two small childre
u 70 care for. her hands and face badl
burned and all her earthly possession
l. destroyed she does not know whic
a way 70 turn.
There is another daughter. Hl
IL name is Cora. She is sixteen years ol
and works at Dobbin's woolen mills
/. Germantown. At 10 o'clock she di
not know of the tragic death Of h
n. father and sister.
Father Was a Cripple.
" Mr.. Jacobs was employed at th
Kiamensi Clay Works and was a SUI
= lferer from rheumatism. He was part
ly crippled and it was probably du
p, to his afliction that he could not NOV
! faster while trying to discover III
child I'm the burning room.
N Assistant Manager f. X. Heston an
Agent w. f. Riley Of the Prudenti'
3 Company visited the scene this morn
y ing and assured MTe. Jacobs the clail
on the child would be paid despite n
fact that the policy was destroyed.
Families Homeless.
The family OF Geo. Powell has bee
taken IN by Samuel Taylor. who live
a short distance down the street.
VI Antonio Diana and his wife have =
Il place TO so. They have what fe
possessions they saved from the burr
ing house in a pile IN the street. The
- are Italians and can speak but lit
- English. The woman is guarding n
effects sitting upon a table in the sno
while her husband is looking for son
place where they can stay until hon
is secured.
Coroner Kilmer took charge Of viii
he was left of the remains this mornin
OF No arrangement for the interment h;
IN as yet been made.
NEW DApED c0p n0VED