Friday, April 26, 2019

Mother, Three Young Children Killed When Home Burned, April 26,1919

From the Hickory Daily Record, April 26, 1919

Four In Family Are Burned in Fire

By the Associated Press

Reidsville, N.C., April 26—Mrs. Alfred Scales Galloway, prominent in social life of the town and state, and her three children were burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed their home on Main street. The children were Lou, aged 8; Sallie, aged 5; and Alfred S. Jr., aged 3.

The fire was discovered about 3 o’clock in the morning by Mrs. Galloway, who was sleeping upstairs. She went downstairs to give the alarm and then hurried back to her children to save them. It was in this attempt to rescue them that the lost her life.

When the burned body was found after the fire, it was in a kneeling position beside the bed as if in prayer. Mrs. Galloway was 33 years old. Her husband is a traveling salesman.

Mrs. Galloway was Miss Eva Harris, daughter of the late H.E. Harris, pioneer tobacconist.

It is not known how the fire started. Two roomers were in the home and both escaped with slight injuries.


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