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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