Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-04-18
WOMAN AND CHILDREN JUMP
FROM BURNING BUILDING

Mrs. Lillian Stanbery, 36, and her
daughter Miss Hattie Stanbery, OF
Deavertown, who were badly injur-
ed when they jumped from an up
stairs bedroom window, early last
Friday morning, to escape from
their burning home, are doing as
. we'll as could be expected. Mrs.
Stanbery has a fractured left heel,
and back injuries. For time 1t
was feared her back was broken.
The daughter also has back injuries
and a broken bone in her left foot.
They are in Bethesda hospital.
Mrs. Stanbery and three children
were trapped in their bedroom on
the second floor. The children are;
Miss Hattie Stanbery, Is; Miss
Jean, IL, and Raymond, 10. They
are children of the late Robert Stan
berry who died about two years ago.
E. L. Stanbery, of Deavertown, Is
their grandfather, and G. l.. Stan
berry of this place their uncle.
About 2 O'Clock Mrs. Stanbery
was awakened by the smoke and
cracking of the flames, which had
originated in the kitchen, and it is
believed to have been caused by de-
fective wiring. The flames swept
from the kitchen up the stairway
and that part of the house was a
mass of flames. Going to the stair
way, Mrs. Stanbery found it filled
with flames, which singed her hair,
and they were cut off from escape
down the stairs. They were unable
to secure any clothes except their
sleeping garments. The night was
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The daughter Hattie pulled the win
dow sash loose and the three chill
dren jumped to the ground a dis
tance of about IL feet. After the
children were safely out of the
burning building, Mrs. Stanbery
leaped and fell heavily, and was
unable to get up, but managed to
crawl few feet from the blazing
house, and the son Raymond who
suffered but minor injuries, ran to
nearby trailer occupied by Harry
Hupp of Lowell and told him Of the
plight of his mother.
Mr.. Hupp rushed to the aid of
Mrs. Stanbery, ald carried her to
the residence of j. Fl. Brooks, SUI
perintendent of the Deavertown
schools. For fear the flames might
spread to the Brooks home, Mrs.
Stanbery was later removed to the
Harry Inman residence. A. volun-
teer bucket brigade was quickly
formed and calls for assistance
were sent to the fire departments Of
this place and Of Crooksville.
The Masonic lodge building, occu-
pied by DOric lodge, No. 172, F. &
A. NJ, upper floor, and the lower
story by the E. L. Stanbery store,
which was adjacent to the residence,
caught fire, and was soon reduced to
ashes. A blacksmith shop near the
lodge building caught fire number
of times but the blaze was extin-
guished Had the blaze got good
hold on this building, much of Dea-
vertown would have been destroyed.
No insurance was carried on the
Stanbery residence, which was Of
the value of $4,000; neither did Mr..
Stanbery carry insurance on his
stock of goods, value of which was
estimated at $500. The value of
the building was more than $4,000
Insurance in the sum of $4,000 was
carried on the lodge building, and
on the furniture and fixtures OF the
lodge room This is one of the his
torical Masonic lodges of the cOun-
ty. 1t was instituted 81 years ago,
and was where the late F. M. Rams
bottom, who at one time was M. w.
Grand Master of Ohio, was initiated.
The Stanbery store had been in OPP
GRAFTON by two generations OF the
Stanbery family, and before that
was owned and operated by T. l..
Cunningham. All of the records Of
the lodge, many Of them valuable,
were destroyed. This is one Of the
thriving lodges of the county, with
membership of more than 100. c.
b. Lindimore of Rose Farm is the
present Master. 1t is likely that
Masonic lodge building will be re-
built The flames, famed by high