The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-02

i room, or IN the attic overhead and
that flames or falling embers alighted
her clothing. or perhaps she had been
taking nap on her bed and It be.
came ignited.
House Wrecked.
II was nearly six o'clock ia the ev.
ening before the last spark had been
/ drenched from the burning residence.
At that time everything was coated
with ice and the entire roof of the
building had been burned off. There
was but little fire on the second floor
and none at all on the lower floor. but
the great mass of water necessary to
be thrown, ruined the entire house.
]! But little was we'd from the wreck
although several valuable oil paintings
were taken from the parlors and quite
quantity of the furniture on the
lower floor was taken out by willing
| hands.
| The loss has not been estimated but
will be considerable. But $1,000 in
surance was carried, half on the build
ling and half on the furniture, both in
companies represented by the Hobbs
& Blood agencies.
When the department arrived the
entire upper part OF the house was in
flames and the men were unable to
reach the attic. Several lines Of hose
were laid and the men Of the depart
ment worked hard and against trying
circumstances. Before they had fin
lished, each man was coated with ice
and the lines OF hose had to be
thawed with hot water to uncouple
them.
The entire interior Of the house is a
wreck from the water and falling
plaster. The roof was burned off and
the furnishings ruined During the
progress Of the blaze, water ran in.
torrents down the stairways and
through the ceilings, standing in great
pools In nearly every room.
The entire fire department was
summoned to the blaze, the hook and
ladder truck being pressed into serv-
ice and the ladders used to scale the
walls to the roof. When the depart
ment arrived, the house was locked
and entrance was made by breaking
front -indow.
Mary Frances Moody.
On February %, 184S in Greenville,
Floyd County, Indiana, Mary Frances
Moody was born, the only daughter of
the late B. F. Moody, a pioneer mer-
chant of Keokuk and Anna M. Moody
whose death. occurred but few
years ago in this city.
Mr.. Moody came to Keoku.- in the
spring Of 1854 and engaged in the
Wholesale boot and shoe business, in
which he was greatly successful He
died in 1884 at the family home No.
1927 Concert street where Fridays
tragedy occurred.
Miss Moody attended Saint Vim
cents academy in Keokuk and after
completing the course there, complet-
ed a course at Oakland Female Semi
nary at Hillsboro, Ohio In 1864 the
family moved to the residence at
Eleventh and Concert and from that
early date it has been the home of
Mrs Carter.
There she was married in 1869 to
Edward S. Carter who passed away
last June and there her children were
born, her daughter married and her
first grandchild was born. 1t was her
home for forty-nine years and she
loved it. Today it is wreck and its
mistress is dead.
Three children were born to her.
two surviving: Edward f. Carter. of
Keokuk and Mrs. Walter S. Alexander
|of Centerville, who with her husband
and four little children arrived Friday
night and are now staying at the
James M. Fulton home on North
Sixth street. The first child, the late
DR.. Frank P Carter, died in young
manhood.
A Model Woman.
Mrs Carter was home-loving wo-
man and Christian. She wa; long
time member of the First Westmin.
ter Presbyterian church and was one
of the noble women of this age. She
was a scion of one of the old families
Of Keokuk and inherited the noble
qualities which go with the best of
former earnest and honest citizen.
iship. Educated and cultured, she had
| that quiet and attractive pois, and
| dignity which the world earnestlv nd
mires, and looks up to with something
akin to reverence. She was home
lover, and her earthly abiding place
was bright vestibule to lead her to
brighter mansions Her two remain
| ing children, son and daughter,
and her four little grandchildren were
her jewels whom she embraced in her
heart with holy affection. Her life
was an exemplary model and on all
occasions she was the same. Shadows
may have come across her life path,
| huf she brushed then, osida 4 la ~, !,