CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 9

CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

1 '■ EPIDEMIC, QF, ,FIB.ES. i CABMAN'S IMPROIITTD;, •A .-remarkable gf (ires- occurred during the week-end the Lp.ndpn,,.'-'Ex-press" of December 3(1),, '1 jij-.e.(;. l chiklreii l wei;o burned to death, and lj.es ,in i\ .critical condition. .Thous.midi>„of of property was aiul ,th9,.ii]re.;bi;igades, esjiecially in Lowjctti,. h.iid the busiest week-ends kn'owji,,' .. ; A table, on which,stood n ])!U , uft'm"'.liiji}p,; was overturned at Hiinleyj. I", The; flames caug'nt tho clothes of two' .little Kirls, : Ada Ellis and Beatrice. Newbciid. Botli, tlio children were taken to the lios|)i{al, where Ada died shortly aftenvard3, > .aml l!6ivtri(,'e now lies in a'critical jlfs... Qfis was also severely burned,! : Gladys Ftillard, a (,if message up the chimney to i , Scnta Claus_' at her homo in Uarrov;.' A'"draiiglit'' frt/iii tho door hloiv her clothes towards i.ho lire, and she .was sp severely she died from her injuries.' '• -*•' '' THItKW PAl{-Aln^fN f ON A FIRE-. The six-year-old daughter of '"i'oin Han-| cock, a collier, of i'M/et-'bargoed, I'hynineyj .Valley, took up a- tin ofr-parnffiii .ind'tlirey.i some of the oil oil tho:'lii*o: -jfliainffß iimniediately shot out from the:(*ratei.'.'nnd;thfl-ch.!ld, was so kevorely hurho'rt:::(b'6utr:tlracßmly" that 1 she'died within a' i'e\i"'hi«rife: : _ i 'or. 1 a: A lobaceonist 1 antl!>4iaii\lr<!Bsep'<»)?elKip:;!iit Bnrdett- l!oad, by a man namedITolfstein; was practioalljVj hurned. down oil' December' ?9. --Ten jieople -\vere''hsleep in.t-hd building when the. &ijtbronk . A cabman, w]io saw the'\shri6kjrtg\pc'hVle''!it' the windows, with .t-heir (Art llnmes on the. stairc^t'v-'hacked liis-'lenb'- on tlio pavement and■ sttii'd' dl?.'th'p!'!rS'sl'' : {b .'iSitdiJ the children 'as they'w;erc, 'into his arms. ••. ■ :Neiglibouj-S" i als{)^r.aHite>l>^ ( with bl'ankots, into."wKicli ;: 6t-h6r"'''miuates jumped for] safety. ' 08hei's, w(>rc R'si'iicil, ilh-| injured,'by fire V' I .'". Jf'-'V?«*!*;•>■» ■ " Exciting scon as V.'itiiftiiseiF'rtt: im' ; nut-! break at Mri H. Sann^^l^df#pß^S , 'sts!<> in the Clapham (Pccember: 28)'.. .A , l)By by the smell of u.?Kd/tipstairV-aiid, awakened - .Mr.. .hiisJ ,iil slrs; :,o '' , Sifuude'rSon.i .Flames barrel and they had io get out by a back window.'.

. HUSBANDjS JJUAVERY.. . 'Mr., J. W. ; Alexamijyy the proprietor-• of-a* motor-car sliop - iiext T "ifoor, - which was, also attacked; '••(jails,sy 'liJ{3 H uj& ! !ifan><»s 'at bay with 'aii extinguisherj\vJiilb'! !: l)is' 'wife and -children escaped - froxti * '■ tlfb* : ;jl}odi*dorii? !f .AII tho "fugitives wore in -yieir' : aHcl wore taken in by nci&hEours'; wh6':Tiint them clothes. ■ - i " 'I'llo fire was • consiilpWd/ thatf/a' "district" turn-out wiisfordereil;. ginos, five escapes, a-n/f 'fifty.! 1 'firemen 'wcro engaged.' , Despito their '"Worte," 'h'owo'Wii-,' tho drapery stores out, • and iHdtyie adjoining buildings; :! tlib -damage Vraouhting, to about £3000 in alt*'].. ! ■ Tho premises'.; of, ''MeSsr:i.' i, BnV.'ljliW;,' ",'jjt'bh-i mongers, in High: Sutton;' 1 : Surrey; wore"completely : di!sT:w'}ed3l)y !^ R !ir<f ;, whMsli originated in •tho i,, 'sbrkshßfr I b'eh:iM. -".Six thousand pounds' w'pH'i, t oj':' ; Uiilliagd''''\va3 dono. .- -• * ' u"i- ---' Messrs.- .Attenhorou§h r - ! Brotliofs, E ' pawnbrokers : and jowcllefs';!' 'fsCWjifa damage at .their shop in the Old Kent"Ho'ifdi Tho second and third'floors were burned out : ,- and water claused serJotfS ydfjita'gc. to th(j property on the.ground,-floor. . ' »y Tho breweries of- JJatiiey, pomho and Iloid, at Mortlakb,' '"yrSrc-' jilkzirig'for tlireo hours on; Dccejkl!eiV'28 :l bbfore. r,tho,l,fir'cmeu could oxtinguisl^'tti^'Jii'jjj^^.',!;! Two boys named '\ .in--jured in-a.five at THi'iiston ffiniso's, 'C'i;easy i'laco, Stepney -t'H'Q,'.v;jis almost- suffocated,' Stjifl;. badly burned about the ;lecjs. r |ir ' f "j-,; •