The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-01

Il !
speculate on the security Of life ia this
| city, as they tell or the sad fate u IA whole
family. ore Of whom was 10 be married on
the day she met her fearful DEATH
III Mary Ann Reilly, q hne girl Of Is
years Of aye, was 10 have been welded
yesterday. Her charrcd and cindered re-
mains Id with those Of her poor mother
her sister Agnes, and her brothers James
John, and Matthew, on. q heap Of straw
in IN outhouse Of a livery stable IN Cross
Kelvin Street. ,s..5 +: H.. .ts
Along the streets o Mretched and dis.
tressed maniac was 10 be seen, the father
iof that family, wandering, last niRht,
homeless and friendless. The Gre that
consumed all he loved was burning in bis
Edry and fearless eyes; aud such was the
greatness Of his sorrow that he wandered
flr and wide amongst the awe-stricken
crowd, and none attempted to offer him
comfort. He was a brand from the burn.
ing, and many said he would have suffered
less had he shared the fate Of his house
hold. His sorrow was held sacred by an.
and Us he wandered, as il were, In search
Eof things he could not find, he excited The
tears and the heart sympGthies OF those
who saw him. But twenty-Eour hours
before this poor man was rich d the alTeC-
ton Of all he loycd---but now wife, sons,
ldaughters--all were snatchel from him ii
one fell swoop,n aud he stood as lonely
IN the front OF his aesoiated and once
happy honIe as if.he never lad kindred or
q soul In this wide world that he could
love and cherish, Arrangements we're
being made for the marriage of his FIRST
born, aud he aud her mother blessed her
Us she retired 10 rest, and the poor old
compile, perchanee, remembered the iiiWlt
before they were we'd, and The Young. folk
looked forward to Il gala day, anu retired
10 their beds feverisIi with the hope Of The
laorrow's festivities! ! ..:. i> i :s' 7 i g.
/. Reilly, that is the name Of the poor fel-
low and his family were only part occu.
pants OF the house, MS seven / families;
numbering tiiirly:two individuals. lived
under the same roof. "A II had retired 10
rest NJ No, 3 Patrick Street, on SATURDAY.
night fires had been extinguisIed tl,t,i
lights put Out, save ID tie two pair front,
occupied by a man iametf Barker aud his
vile: Thrse people arrived home At about
twelve o'clock, aud, in u short time after,
No. 0 Patrick Street appeared us quiet
and as unworthy of particular notice as
any other house ii, that detsely-pepuIaIed
'neiglibcfhoUd The shop and lower pre-.
misses were. occupied by Messrs. Summers
u Go MS II provision shop, aud the upper
sections were set Ia teHamGnts TO The tafni.
lies Of operative tFaaeStnei. g..
At Twenty-Five minutes past twelve
o'clock yesterday morning, tie Gre was.
discovered by police constables, and with.
out loss Of time they entered the burning
premises by the hall door. The second
pair front, IN which the fire seems to have
originated. was enEeloped in flames, aud
could not be approached The terror and
confusion Within the burning premises are
more easily 10 he imagined, than deserib-
ed Half:aaked WOMEN, aud children half
dclifions, just awakened from their sleep,
were to be seen rushing wildly through
the smoke aud fame calling for the alb
sent; others ran into the midst OF the dan
q. Z
ger, in their anxiety TO escape, aud amidst
the scene of horror and confusion uiolher
was to be observed coming out of the
dense smoke blackened> with SCOT, blister
ed and bleeding, bearing i've of her child.
rem under her arnIs aud one in her mouth,
sGasping and faintiDg she fought her way
topthe street where she fell exhausted with
her precious charge; .. =.
Barker, IN whose room the FIRE broke
out was next seen bearing on: bis three
children, one Of them fcarfnily burned and
mutilated; and as each poor creature, shiS-
ering and fearful issued to the street,
person would be led to suppose that the
house on fire was q Innate asylum, aud
those who had escaped had been its de.
mcnted inmates This opinion would be
regarded as true if the random muster
rolls of the missing, as they were called
out by distracted men and women, could
be heard amidst the roar OF the flames
through the cracking timb1rs aud the
sympathising shouts Of anxious but una
Vailiug ben,yeleuce that sought to do
everything, but nothing could be done.
It now became kn0wn that the majori,
~ Of the inmates were within the burning
house, and cut of by walls Of fame from
ANY assistance. The cry was f'water!
water" everywhere, but not drop was to
he had to save eleven Of Gods creatures
hall naked in front OF the ilaiaes
that. giuttoR.like, were licking up I'LL be.
tore them. Every moment was an hour
Of painful suspense, aud as the night strol. |
Ter and the tavern Sybarite came up 10
crafty au idle curiosity, people asked them
gehemcntly did they see the engines com.
ing. These inquiries were answered in the
negative. aud moment after moment a
human lie was sacrificed in the burning
Iazar house Flame,hBnted, a half dozen
poor creatures ran for their lives TO the roof |
lf IN adjoining house. where they croGched
naked aud shlTering in the thin morning
air, rendered more cold aud biting by the |
reeking atmosphere Of smoke and flame !
rom which they had escaped. Before /
them was the lurid blaze which every mo- |
nent gaiEed upon their temporary refuge,
and as they gazed with strained and visit, |
'ul eyes on"thetr approaching and terrible I
teath Sucoonr came TO them through the |
agency Of four men Of the Polics Fire
Brigade. They cOntriyed by passing lad. |
tiers from Piunket Street across the roofs |
If several houses, over which the brave !