Daughter of Jeremiah & Roseanna Fisher Meyers∼A horror that may or may not be connected with the strike situation at Garrett was the burning to death of two women and four children in their homes at that place. The victims were Mrs. Rosanna Meyers, her two daughters, Lucinda and Annie, aged 30 and 8 years respectively, and her son, Richard, aged 5 years. The two other victims were young children of Lucinda who was unmarried. The house was a one and one half story log building and the women and children were sleeping in the upper story. Mr. Meyers and Jonas Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on the first floor. They were awakened by the smoke and the noise made by the fire and had barely time to save their lives by rushing from the building. The victims in the upper story perished without help and their bodies were all reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Meyers, the head of the household, was a miner and until recently he worked for the Somerset Coal company.
Daughter of Jeremiah & Roseanna Fisher Meyers∼A horror that may or may not be connected with the strike situation at Garrett was the burning to death of two women and four children in their homes at that place. The victims were Mrs. Rosanna Meyers, her two daughters, Lucinda and Annie, aged 30 and 8 years respectively, and her son, Richard, aged 5 years. The two other victims were young children of Lucinda who was unmarried. The house was a one and one half story log building and the women and children were sleeping in the upper story. Mr. Meyers and Jonas Sullivan, a boarder, were asleep on the first floor. They were awakened by the smoke and the noise made by the fire and had barely time to save their lives by rushing from the building. The victims in the upper story perished without help and their bodies were all reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown. Meyers, the head of the household, was a miner and until recently he worked for the Somerset Coal company.
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