She was the daughter of:John Hilleary Gwynn and Ann Eliza Dyer.She was married to: STEPHEN BELT
Obituary
Celestia Belt burned to death Unable to aid herself or rouse anyone else in the house to come to her assistance, Mrs. Celestia Belt, 86 years old, was burned to death shortly after 4 0'clock Monday morning at her sister's home, 2203 Barclay Street, Baltimore MD. The sister, Mrs. Emily Edelen, herself an aged woman, and her granddaughters, Miss Carmelite Edelen and Miss Mary Edelen, escaped from the house in their night clothing just before their only passage was cut off by flames. The probable explanation of the origin of the fire that occurs to the Misses Edelen is that, having occasion to leave her bed at this early hour, Mrs. Belt lighted a candle which she kept nearby and, in reaching for her crutches, knocked the candle onto the bed, setting fire to the coverings. The first knowledge that the three other women had of the fire was when Miss Carmelite Edelen awoke and saw flames in the hallway outside her bedroom door. She aroused her grandmother and sister immediately, and then, going to the door saw that her grand-aunt's room, the middle room of the second floor, at the head of the stairway, was enveloped in a raging fire that was eating at the woodwork of the staircase. She realized that it would be impossible to help Mrs. Belt and that it would be the work of only a few seconds for the fire to cut off the passage of the others endangered. The three women, therefore, without pausing to put on other clothes, ran down the stairs. Miss Carmelite Edelen stayed in the house long enough to telephone to the Fire Department while the others went next door to the home of Harry M. Tracy.
Sandra
Note: I had two memorials up so deleted one. Sandra had the information in the flower so I transferred it to this one in the bio section.
Obituary
Celestia Belt burned to death Unable to aid herself or rouse anyone else in the house to come to her assistance, Mrs. Celestia Belt, 86 years old, was burned to death shortly after 4 0'clock Monday morning at her sister's home, 2203 Barclay Street, Baltimore MD. The sister, Mrs. Emily Edelen, herself an aged woman, and her granddaughters, Miss Carmelite Edelen and Miss Mary Edelen, escaped from the house in their night clothing just before their only passage was cut off by flames. The probable explanation of the origin of the fire that occurs to the Misses Edelen is that, having occasion to leave her bed at this early hour, Mrs. Belt lighted a candle which she kept nearby and, in reaching for her crutches, knocked the candle onto the bed, setting fire to the coverings. The first knowledge that the three other women had of the fire was when Miss Carmelite Edelen awoke and saw flames in the hallway outside her bedroom door. She aroused her grandmother and sister immediately, and then, going to the door saw that her grand-aunt's room, the middle room of the second floor, at the head of the stairway, was enveloped in a raging fire that was eating at the woodwork of the staircase. She realized that it would be impossible to help Mrs. Belt and that it would be the work of only a few seconds for the fire to cut off the passage of the others endangered. The three women, therefore, without pausing to put on other clothes, ran down the stairs. Miss Carmelite Edelen stayed in the house long enough to telephone to the Fire Department while the others went next door to the home of Harry M. Tracy.
Sandra
Note: I had two memorials up so deleted one. Sandra had the information in the flower so I transferred it to this one in the bio section.
She was the daughter of:John Hilleary Gwynn and Ann Eliza Dyer.She was married to: STEPHEN BELT
Obituary
Celestia Belt burned to death Unable to aid herself or rouse anyone else in the house to come to her assistance, Mrs. Celestia Belt, 86 years old, was burned to death shortly after 4 0'clock Monday morning at her sister's home, 2203 Barclay Street, Baltimore MD. The sister, Mrs. Emily Edelen, herself an aged woman, and her granddaughters, Miss Carmelite Edelen and Miss Mary Edelen, escaped from the house in their night clothing just before their only passage was cut off by flames. The probable explanation of the origin of the fire that occurs to the Misses Edelen is that, having occasion to leave her bed at this early hour, Mrs. Belt lighted a candle which she kept nearby and, in reaching for her crutches, knocked the candle onto the bed, setting fire to the coverings. The first knowledge that the three other women had of the fire was when Miss Carmelite Edelen awoke and saw flames in the hallway outside her bedroom door. She aroused her grandmother and sister immediately, and then, going to the door saw that her grand-aunt's room, the middle room of the second floor, at the head of the stairway, was enveloped in a raging fire that was eating at the woodwork of the staircase. She realized that it would be impossible to help Mrs. Belt and that it would be the work of only a few seconds for the fire to cut off the passage of the others endangered. The three women, therefore, without pausing to put on other clothes, ran down the stairs. Miss Carmelite Edelen stayed in the house long enough to telephone to the Fire Department while the others went next door to the home of Harry M. Tracy.
Sandra
Note: I had two memorials up so deleted one. Sandra had the information in the flower so I transferred it to this one in the bio section.
Obituary
Celestia Belt burned to death Unable to aid herself or rouse anyone else in the house to come to her assistance, Mrs. Celestia Belt, 86 years old, was burned to death shortly after 4 0'clock Monday morning at her sister's home, 2203 Barclay Street, Baltimore MD. The sister, Mrs. Emily Edelen, herself an aged woman, and her granddaughters, Miss Carmelite Edelen and Miss Mary Edelen, escaped from the house in their night clothing just before their only passage was cut off by flames. The probable explanation of the origin of the fire that occurs to the Misses Edelen is that, having occasion to leave her bed at this early hour, Mrs. Belt lighted a candle which she kept nearby and, in reaching for her crutches, knocked the candle onto the bed, setting fire to the coverings. The first knowledge that the three other women had of the fire was when Miss Carmelite Edelen awoke and saw flames in the hallway outside her bedroom door. She aroused her grandmother and sister immediately, and then, going to the door saw that her grand-aunt's room, the middle room of the second floor, at the head of the stairway, was enveloped in a raging fire that was eating at the woodwork of the staircase. She realized that it would be impossible to help Mrs. Belt and that it would be the work of only a few seconds for the fire to cut off the passage of the others endangered. The three women, therefore, without pausing to put on other clothes, ran down the stairs. Miss Carmelite Edelen stayed in the house long enough to telephone to the Fire Department while the others went next door to the home of Harry M. Tracy.
Sandra
Note: I had two memorials up so deleted one. Sandra had the information in the flower so I transferred it to this one in the bio section.
Gravesite Details
Buried near her husband, Stephen, but no stone
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