The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-04-26

WOMEN SCREAM IN DAzED RX-
CITEMENT AS FORM OF MRS.
HATTIE WADE WAS BEING
CHARRRD.
Monday between IL and o'clock
one Of the saddest incidents gracing
the pages Of the city's history oc-
Cured at the home Of Mr. Charles
Wade, 1928 Trinidad street
The neighbor hood was frantic with
excitement when the horrible death
Of Mrs Hattie Wade was revealed
to the crowd as they watched the
former home of comfort burning
down- to ashes with its mistress
alone in her room pinned beneath
the angry flames.
An hour or more previous to the
terrible disaster, Mrs. Wade informed
Mrs. Rosa Taylor her sister that
she wanted her to carry Charles
Eta, her little daughter to the pa
rade. Mrs. Taylor, at the time knew
that Mrs. Wade would be all alone,
to this end she (Mrs Taylor feel
ing she should object, after which
1t is alleged, that Mrs. Wade insisted
stating that she was feeling all
right and wanted the baby to see
the parade.
Mrs. Taylor then began dressing
and afterwards, the little girl, then
she asked Mrs. Victorine Wade and
the little girl proceeded to the car
line, they were overwhelmed and in
formed that their home was on fire.
g. Labruzzo, proprietor of gro
Gerry store, corner of Boil and Trini-
dad made this statement to an Ex-
press representative:
MY wife first informed me by
calling me, saying run quick, Mr..
Wade's home is on fire. J rushed to
the back Of my store which is separ-
ated from the Wade home by fence
at which time the flames had gnawed
its way through the front of the
building. knowing that Mrs. Wade
was therein and had burned up, /
ran got the hose and began shooting
water on my store to safeguard it
from the fire." don't know how
It caught. mother Wade was doing
some laundry work for in at the
time. the fire started" She after
wards went in the burning building
from the rear and was badly burned
about the face and arms.
Mrs. Rebecca Fellows, 1920 Trini-
dad, the first person to enter the
burning building an attempted to res
cue Mrs. Wade from the angry
flames was interviewed by an Express
Representative and made the follow
ing statement.
MY attention was first attracted
by the screams OF Mrs. Watts liy-
ing at 2625 Trinidad and a door
neighbor OF the Wades. / threw
rap around my shoulders and told
my sick sister whom / was nursing
that Mrs. Wade's home was burning
rushed to the burning building
knowing that sick lady was therein
opened the screen and under thick
fogs OF smoke saw that Mrs. Wade
had crawled from her bed room to
the hall seemingly trying to reach
a place OF safety, but was overcome
by the intensive heat, her hair and
clothes were burning and her face
was burned black and was beyond
recognition, the fire was leaping from
the room between the unfortunate
woman and myself and was afraid
to take my chances with the flames
/ then screamed for help and had
to leave the building for the blaze
by this time had circled the enclo-
sure Of the building. The hope Of
rescuing Mrs. Wade was then lost
her body was hidden beneath the
wind swept flames and was released
when it was extinguished by the
firemen badly charred.
Mrs. Wade was the wife Of Charles
Wade, a highly respected citizen and
a very prominent lodge man Of the
city. To the union one child, a lit
tie girl survive. She had been sick
quite a while some few weeks ago
having had a serious operation per-
formed and was slowly recuperating
when the horrible disaster occurred.
She was a member Of Saint James
A. NJ f. church, snd the Order of
Heroes of Heroines under whose
auspices the funeral was held. She
leaves husband, Charles Wade and
little daughter, Charles Eta, a sister,
Mrs. Rosa Taylor and a mother of
COLORADO, Texas, to survive her. the
latter being in attendance at the
funeral.
~ Inc funeral e 1 ssrvl s was held a.
We'll. 1862 Trinidad The Rev. H.
C. Carr, officiating.
Mot,ser' Wade. who was seriously
burIirH during the fire has a lighting
chance to survive so the doctor states.
Her age is against her. However at
this writing she is resting very well.