The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-08-01
BURNED To DEATH.
Barn and Three Horses Also Lost

11TH dIlu IIlTee hOTSeS Also L0M /.
Burning 10 death their three-y ear
Old aon. Thomas Buckley. a destruc-
tie blaze laid In ruins the barn and
adjoining buildings on the far,n of
Af. and Mrs. Albert NJ Roberts. near
II. AIRY. Saturday afternoon, adding
another 10 the list of fircs that nave
destroyed barns In this section re-
Gently. besides the contents, includ-
lnE he wheat. considerable hay, and
farm machinery. horse and two
eolIH Nere lost IN the flames The
financial los Is estimated at about
!. ~.
i Raa about 30 O'Clock that Ars
Roberts. Khn Haa In the front yard.
80 smoke Issuing from The barn
yara. Recently tho wheat had been
thnsahed and the straw stack being
DR. AaH Haon mass of blaze Mr
Roberts "a In the field at the time
h flre saH discovered. The alarm
"a quickly sounded and those about
tie nIaee summoned.
Il HHHI Tie mother did not know
tia tn Hun Ras IN the barn yard.
sha fuahed 10 The barn. The flames
HsTe then leapinK about the stack
and dense smoke filled the place.
From the barn yard. Mra. Roberts
- terrified 10 hear The call.
Mamma. Mamma. Mamma" II came
from under The oYershoot and she
realized lhal her little boy had been
trapped In a firey furnace. The fre
- burning fereeiy and Il war i'm
possible 10 enter the barn yard where
Tie flames Were rapidly spreading
oTer tn barn.
The mother vas frantic and those
sho atood ~ were powerless 10 save
the child from death No other
sound Has heard from the blazing
masH and the life of the little fellow
"a 10 doubt burned out IN very
short time.
When the father left tho house little
HleklsY RaH asleep and he did not
know when he found the barn ahlaze
Ihat hi son was In any danger. Mrs.
Roberts thought that the boy had
gone out 10 the field to see his father.
L Is thought that the younsster
vent 20 the barn yard to play with
: kitten. = pet which had strayed to
The farm = short time ago.
Tie boz had climbed over the gate
and i i supposed that when the fire
started he tried to get back that way
aud saa entrapped. perishing in the
flames.
: horse and two colts were the
only I've stock In the barn. They
we're burned TO death. There were
10 bushels Of threshed wheat and
j acres Of wheat not threshed in the
barn. besides between 30 and 80 tons
Of hay, bran. barley and oats. Var
IouH farm machinery was DESTROYED.
including lime spreader, milk
wagon. corn shelter, wheat fan, plows.
Sleigh wagon bed and different other
material and articles.
NeighborH we're summoned by tele-
phone from Mt. Airy where a picnic
Nas being held, and surrounding
country and many persons came. The
Roberts farm Il situated about 2 l-2
miles northeast of Mt. Airy on the
Westminster road. Buckets, milk
cans and other vessels were pressed
into service in fighting the flames,
The workers were handicapped by the
lack Of water. Two wells near the
house we're pumped dry.
NeIghboFs hauled water from Mr..
William selby's. about a half mile
Away. autos being used. For a time
the house WAS in danger, but the men
worked hard and prevented the
spread Of the flames to the building.
The hog house. hen house and corn
house. which cantained 80 or SO bar
reIs Of corn. we're all destroyed.
After the fire had died down a
search for the remains of the little
BIeEley was made and his bones
we're found in the barn yard near
where he had been playing.
The parents Of the boy are nearly
proatrated With grief over the loss
Of their son. Mrs. Roberts has
been IN a weakened condition, Just
recently having returned from .hoa-
pIIaI IN Baltimore where she was un-
der treatment.
Mr. Roberts stated that the prop
erIy destroyed Is insured for about
one-Ialf Of the value. The barn Will
be rebuilt. The burned barn was 40
b 50 feet. 20 feet to the square.
The cause Of the fire cannot be
given. Mr. Roberts Is always most
leaTefnl around the barn.