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    1. Fire in Sturgeon Feb. 29, 1917 McDonald PA Record
    2. Victoria Hospodar Valentine
    3. Sturgeon Boy Lost in Fire One dead, two badly burned, and others les seriously hurt were the results of a fire at Sturgeon at 1:30 o'clock last Friday morning, February 2d, which destroyed four buildings and all the contents. Four families were routed out and lost all their household goods. Gustave DELMONTAGUE, aged 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Areille DELMONTAGUE, lost his life in the fire. The charred remains were found next morning. Mrs. DELMONTAGUE was badly burned and was injured by jumping from a second story window. Her ten-year-old daughter Marie was also badly burned. Both were taken to the Passavant hospital, Pittsburgh. Mr. DELMONTAGUE and three other children were slightly burned. The fire seems to have originated in the DELMONTAGUE home. Mr. and Mrs. DELMONTAGUE and their five children were sleeping in one room upstairs. Two rooms on the first floor were occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Peter EDWARDS, Jr. The inmates of the house were awakened by doors falling down. Access to the stairs was cut off. Mr. and Mrs. DELMONTAGUE gathered their children together and dropped them from the roof of the front porch. The oldest boy, evidently thinking others were still in the house, broke from his father and went back into the room. His mother dashed after him but could not find him. His body was found next morning at the window. The fire spread to the home of Tony CENIS, which was burned to the ground. All these properties were owned by Polidore LEUNIS. A house owned and occupied by George JOHNSON and his wife, aged people, was destroyed. A small store between the DELMONTAGUE and JOHNSON houses, owned by LEUNIS, was also destroyed. Sturgeon has no fire department and on account of the bitter cold night the fire was fought with much difficulty. Only a bucket brigade was used to check the flames. The remains of Gustave DELMONTAGUE were interred in Robinson's Run cemetery on Saturday with short services by Rev. J. B. CAVITT. Besides his parents he is survived by one sister and three brothers: Marie, Joseph, Raymond and Albert.

    07/20/2003 02:19:15