* A list compiled from various sources would suggest that at least 42 people were made homeless by this fire:
James Beater (50) Clay Cutter
Annie Beater (48) Wife
Anna Beater (22) daughter
Elizabeth Beater (19) Daughter
Florence Beater (15) Daughter
Mary E, Beater (8) Daughter
Johanna Discombe (86) Mother-in-law
William H. Jordan (45) Clay Cutter
Mary Ann Jordan (44) Wife
Rosa Jordan (11) Daughter
Eva Jordan (8) Daughter
Ehtel G. Jordan (5) Daughter
(No niece has been found for William Jordan as mentioned above so this reference may have been a misunderstanding. However, William and Mary Ann Jordan had children of their own and at least three of them would have been living in the house on the day of the fire although they would have been at school at the time it happened.)
George Heyward (29) Clay Cutter
Agnes Heyward ( 31) Wife
Winifred Heyward (5) Daughter
George Heyward ( 3) Son
Mary Ann Heyward (2) Daughter
(A fourth child has not yet been found for this family.)
Walter Cook (45) Clay Cutter/Widower
Edith Cook (19) Daughter
William Cook (15) Son
Thomas Cook (13) Son
Walter Cook (10) Son
Sarah Cook (5) Daughter
William Heyward (39) Clay Cutter
Elizabeth Heyward (40) Wife
Martha Heyward ( 10) Daughter
Rosina Heyward ( 8) Daughter
Hannah Heyward (7) Daughter
Lily Heyward (5) Daughter
James Heyward (3) Son
Frederick J. Heyward (1) Son)
Harriet Newman (76) Widow
John Walters (31) Clay Cutter
Charlotte Walters (36) Wife
Frank Heyward (16) Step son
Blanch Walters (11) Daughter
Leah Walters (9) Daughter
Laura E. Walters (5) Daughter
(Identity of the bedridden brother-in-law is not known)
Elizabeth Stevens (51) Mother/ Widow
John Stevens (29) Clay Cutter
Mary Jane Stevens (27) Domestic Cook
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