Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-01
FIRE
Six Children Found Dead in Burned Kitchen
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Mellon Of the city's Fire Pre-
vention Bureau, the five young
sters may have become con-
fused when they saw the smoke.
"They apparently ran into
the kitchen and were trapped, y
Capt. Mellon said. Had they
run Just a few feet more, they
may have been saved"
The first fireman to arrive
at the burning house, Battalion
Fire Chief Samuel L. Cameron,
gave this account:
Smoke and flames were
coming out all the upstairs
windows.
Il saw q woman screaming
at a top-floor front window
she threw her baby to a
man and then she jumped, :"
he said.
The man caught the baby
but missed the woman, the fire
official said. Others were
jumping out windows when
other firemen arrived minutes
later, Chief Cameron said.
st ordered water lines into
the house from three Sides" he
said, then / called for a Sec
ond alarm"
Within five minutes Of his
arrival, Chief Cameron said
the blaze was brought under
control by nearly 80 Alexan-
dria firemen.
This is when we discovered
the dead children upstairs, :"
the chief said.
I'VE had been told there was
only one child in the house
and we rescued one from the
first floor.
I'VE couldn't have gotten to
the other upstairs any sooner
because Of the intense heat
and flames" he added.
The fire blocked rescue at
temptS by several neighbors,
officials said.
One neighbor, John E. Flea
ger, 43, of pit South Patrick
street. an interior decorator.
said he and two companions
broke down a back door of the
house.
Got Mattress
All I could do was drag the
burning mattress outside but it
had already set the rest of the
house afire by then" Mr..
Eleazer said.
He then ran to the street
corner and pulled the fire
alarm box, he said.
Paul F. Lisenby, So, Of zoos
Duke street, a construction
worker, caught one Of several
children thrown from the
burning house.
Il heard a woman yell some
thing about a baby" Mr.. Lisen-
by said. II looked up, put out
my arms and caught a baby"
Four persons were admitted
to Alexandria Hospital. all in
satisfactory condition, after be-
ing treated for injuries received
escaping from the burning
house. The injured were iden-
titled as:
Mrs. Arlene Ellis, II, who
threw her 6-month-old son,
Michael, to a neighbor from
a second-floor window and
then jumped to the ground.
Mrs. Ellis was admitted with
cuts and head injuries. Michael
was admitted with a broken leg
Broken Arm
The boys father, Willie Ellis,
%, also jumped from their
second-floor apartment. Mr..
Ellis was treated at the hospital
for a broken right arm and
released.
Tempest Mckay, 2 months,
admitted with multiple cuts.
The boys mother, identified
as Arlyce Mckay, is, OF 422
North Columbus street, was
treated for burns on her face
after she jumped from a Sec
ond-floor window.
Mrs. Shirley Peace, II, was
admitted for observation after
she also jumped from a
window.
NAtA luoDhildt INODtlb EthCt
also II. was treated for face
and arm injuries after he
jumped from a window.
Others injured who lived In
the burned home included.
Benny l.. Russell, jr.. 2. his
brother. Arnold. 9 and Bonnie
Lewis, 4. All were treated for
minor injuries.
Mrs. Dorothy Young. q. OF
3O6 South Henry street. was
treated for cuts on the hand.
The mother Of the three dead
Henderson children, was treated
a.. at4anlr