Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 23, 1908 Volume 42, Number 41 Death of William Griffiths The Pittsburg papers of Saturday contained the following death notice, with a request that Ebensburg papers copy: On Thursday, October 15th, 1908, at 12 p. m., William, husband of Ann Griffiths (nee Davis) died in his 69th year. Funeral from the family residence, No. 39 Thirteenth Street on Sunday, October 18th, at 2 p.m. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. Foreman is Killed by a Man He Fired Sanford Treese of Wilmore Dead from Shotgun Wound in Chest Assailant Arrested Murdered Man was Well Liked The body of Sanford W. Treese, a PRR foreman at Wilmore, Monday morning, was found in an elderberry clump with a hole in the chest. He had evidently been killed by the discharge of a shotgun and the county and local authorities at once took up the case. Quite unexpectedly the wife of Jim Bongewana, a foreigner, who lived [sentence missing] was found, came up with the story that Sunday night about 8 o’clock somebody had knocked at their front door and that her husband replied by firing through the door with the shotgun. [Next sentence too blurry to read] of the woman’s story and the burn wound in Mr. Treese’s chest was [remainder of paragraph too blurry] Bongewana’s actions gives force to the question of just why Treese should rap at the door of a foreign boarding house at that time of the night. Treese’s body was evidently dragged some distance to the spot where it was found. Nobody in the Bongewana’s house did the dragging in the opinion of the officers, who think that possibly Treese may not have died instantly and probably was able to drag himself along some distance before succumbing. Sanford Treese was born in Blair County and came to Wilmore 18 years ago, residing on a farm just outside of the town in Summerhill Township. He was 47 years of age. Mr. Treese was a foreman over a gang of laborers on the PRR for the past 27 years. He was recognized as an efficient foreman and was well acquainted with the work of railroad construction. Mr. Treese was held in high esteem by everybody in the locality. For the past 15 years he was Republican Committeeman of this district. He was married before coming to this county and is survived by his wife and the following children: Florence, Elsie, Margaret, Robert, Anderson and Roy. He was a brother of Harry Treese of Ohio, and Morris, William and George Treese and Mrs. Heck Fair of Hollidaysburg. His body was removed to the A. H. Cullen property and was later taken in charge of undertakers George Bros. of South Fork. The funeral took place Wednesday. Bongewana Captured Acting upon advices from District Attorney James W. Leech, the Police of Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday morning arrested the man, Bongewana, in a house on Cypress Street. The Wilmore foreigner admitted the shooting He will be brought back to Cambria County for trial within a few days. Four Die when House Burns at the Summit Three Killed by Flames and One Boy by Falling Chimney Holocaust Shocks Little Coal Mining Community Daughter Stood by and Watched Mother and Children Burn Searching for the Father! A horrible holocaust occurred at Summit, a small mining town, near Cresson Sunday morning when an overheated stove set fire to a two story dwelling house which burned to cinders and three were burned to death. While fighting the blaze one person was killed and two seriously injured. The mother of the cremated children was terribly injured when she jumped from a second story landing, after being terribly burned in a vain effort to save her children. The Dead: Morris Delaney, aged 13 years Joseph Delaney, aged 9 years Charles Delaney, aged 20 months Robert Nagle, aged 13 years The Injured: Mrs. Luke Delaney, probably fatally, injured by jumping from a second story building and badly burned. Wilson Judge, aged 10 years, leg and shoulder broken and internally burned. Father Was Away From Home Luke Delaney, father of the cremated children, was absent from home, he having been employed several miles from Summit. Jessie Delaney, a 19 year old daughter, is employed at the O’Donnell House at the Summit and also was absent, thus probably saving her life. Mrs. Delaney was awakened about 2:45 by the intense heat from flames that were ravishing a portion of her domicile. Her first thought was of her children, who were sleeping in another room on the same floor. When she opened her bedroom door she was confronted with a blinding sheet of flames through which it was impossible for a human being to pass and survive. The flames drove her back into the room and she was compelled to seek safety by jumping from a window, but not before she had been terribly burned. She was hurried to the Johnstown Hospital. No Chance to Save Children The fire originated in the kitchen, directly under the room in which the unfortunate children were asleep. The highly combustible nature of the construction offered no resistance to the devouring elements. It is believed that the cremated youths were consumed in their beds as but a few minutes elapsed from the [two sentences missing] was enveloped in flames. [First two sentences of this paragraph too blurry] when the chimney fell in the midst of a crowd of onlookers, Robert Nagle, was caught by the falling bricks and was instantly killed. Wilson Judge was also caught in the fall and suffered probable fatal injuries. His leg was broken and his shoulder dislocated. The building was a small two-story dwelling, located on Keystone Avenue. Not a timber remains to mark the spot where it stood. Girl Watched Home’s Destruction Jessie Delaney was attracted to the fire and her grief was distressing when she became cognizant of the disaster that had befallen her brothers and mother. She was compelled to stand idly by and witness the flames lick up the last vestige of what had been her home. Search for the remains of the burned children was made and but a few small pieces of charred bone were found to trace their connection with humanity. Want Search for Father At Summit Wednesday a jury impaneled by Coroner J. C. McMillen, after hearing the evidence of about twenty witnesses, rendered a verdict that the horror at Luke Delaney’s home, in which three children lost their lives, could not be traced to any known cause. This done, the jurors signed on another paper, a suggestion to District Attorney James W. Leech that no efforts be spared to locate Luke Delaney, the father of the dead children, who has been missing for two weeks. Both papers were signed by all the jurors - Ellis Mainwaring, H. P. Davis, James Gauntner, H. M. Reesler, B. F. Buck and John Parrish