Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, Quill Ella Jenkins July 26, 1903
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Virginian Pilot July 28, 1903

                NAGS HEAD HOTEL BURNED---MRS. JOHN Z. LOWE PERISHED

The Nags Head Hotel, at Nags Head, N.C., a popular ocean front resort on the 
North Carolina coast, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. The guests 
of the hostelry were assembling in the dining room for supper, when a large 
kerosene chandelier, which lighted that apartment, exploded.  Instantly the 
interior of the dining room was a mass of flames, and in an incredibly short 
time the entire building was a pile of smoldering ruins.
Mrs. John Z. Lowe, of Norfolk, wife of the proprietor of the hotel, sustained a 
nervous shock during the height of the excitement, which resulted in her death.  
Mrs. Lowe is said to have been a sufferer from heart trouble and this weakness 
is thought to have been the chief contributory cause to her death.  She breathed 
her last about a quarter of an hour after the fire started.  This was the only 
casualty.  There were about 150 guests at the hotel and all of them escaped 
injury.
Mrs. Lowe's body was brought to this city last night from Elizabeth City. 
Announcement as to the funeral arrangements are yet to be made.  Mrs. Lowe, was 
about 42 years old.  She was a daughter of the late Mrs. M.S. James, who was 
identified with the hotel business in Norfolk for a number of years.  Mrs. Lowe 
was a half sister of Mr. Edward James, of the Monticello Hotel, this city, and a 
half sister of Mrs. S.M. Eley, of East Orange, N.J.

Excerpt of event in Virginian Pilot July 28, 1903
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The remains of Mrs. John Z. Lowe were conveyed from the residence of Mr. Lee 
Walker, 423 High Street, yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, to St. Mary's Catholic 
Church, Norfolk.

Virginian Pilot July 30, 1903


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