Andrews, N.C., April 16 (AP)—the three sons of Charley Jacobs were burned to death here today and his wife narrowly escaped a similar fate when their home at Aquone near here was destroyed by fire.
The dead are: Troy, 23, the oldest son; John, 20; and Hubert, 18.
The parents were awakened at 2 o’clock this morning by the smell of smoke and found their little home enveloped in flames They barely had time to escape into the open, calling to their sons who were asleep upstairs in an effort to save their lives. All exits were cut off for the trio, however, for the fire had already assumed such proportions that neighbors who arrived quickly on the scene were unable to offer any aid in saving either of the doomed men inside, or any part of the house which today is a mass of ruins.
The residence was a story and a half in height, and the only exit from the upper part where the suns were sleeping had been enveloped in flames before the fire was discovered.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, April 16, 1926
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