LONDON. Jan. 12.
A disastrous fire in a small house at Bir-
mingham occupied by Charles M. Pedley,
his wife and eight children, and a girl nam-
ed Dora Barker, resulted in the deaths of
Dora Barker, Mrs. Pedley and two children,
while five other Pedleys were injured, four
critically.
The fire broke out on a stairway, impris-
oning the occupants. Neighbors held out
a blanket below, shouting to them to jump.
The victims were, bewildered by the smoke
and unable to respond.

Later:
The death roll through the Birmingham
fire now numbers seven.

LONDON. Jan. 12.
Birmingham. - A man named Pedley, liv-
ing in a tenement in a crowded part of the
city, has lost his wife, two sons and three
daughters, while the daughters and a son
have been removed to hospital seriously
injured, as the result of a fire. Pedley
himself is unhurt. The smell of burning
was detected by Mrs. Pedley, and her hus-
band left the house to give the alarm. He
returned to find the house enveloped in
flames, and was unable to enter it as the
staircase had collapsed. The mother mar-
shalled her 8 children and another girl
in the attic. The fire brigade promptly
arrived and the firemen gallantly climbed
the blazing house and found the family
huddled unconscious near the window. All
were lowered to the ground with very great
difficulty.