Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-22
tner Particulars or the Fire :,
the Banner Mine.

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gwen oy George Powell, was remark.
.oiy correct considering that he was
not there at the time Of the fire, and
obtained his information that morning
=, !SSS,unday), when all were excited.
mere were nine men sleeping up
stairs, in the boarding and lodging
house that was burned. Their names
are J. W. Tindall, Jesse Jonson.
Uhas. Gilmore, John Myers, Joseph
fikens, Frank Smith, Thos. Fault.
and the two unfortunate men who
Rerished-Mike Mccullough and
Aonrad Baumgartner. The last three
mentioned slept in the south end of
the building, near the stairway. The
hre broke out down stairs, almost di.
rectly underneath them. The other
SIX slept in the north end. The men
were aroused by some noise, but
none OF them could tell the nature
OF it. Girard Huppertz and VIM.
G'bbs, who were sleeping in houses
near by, we're awakened, but don't
know what awakened them. The
next they heard was voice that they
described as sounding like no! no!
and Gibbs took it to be the voice of
Baumgartner. None of the men in
the burning building remember see-
ing Mccullough or Baumgartner af-
ter being awakened. They must
have been the first awake, gave the
alarm and went down the stairway
before the other men were up. MI.
Fault went down the stairs, aud, TAX
ing in the situation, sang out to the
men above, as stated in Tuesdays
WORLD, not to come down-that if
they did they would perish. On
reaching the foot of the stairs there
was just blaze enough to cast light
on the window sufficient to be seen.
He made a shoot with all possible
speed for the window and plunged
through after the style Of man div
ing into water. He had not much
more than alighted when the flames
and smoke burst out of the window.
There being no ventilation before
this the fire was smothered, but as
a current Of air passed through the
window, the flames suddenly aroused,
as it were, and carried on the work of
destruction with great rapidity. Mr..
Fault said he breathed a couple Of
times after reaching the dense smoke,
which was greatly heated, and be-
lieves that if he had taken another
breath or two he would have dropped.
After getting out of reach of danger
he was considerably dazed and be-
wildered from the effects of heat and
smoke, excitement, and being sud-
denly awakened, all combined. In
Tuesdays World it was stated that
he first tried the door, found it
fastened, and then went through the
window. He, however, went to the
door with all possible haste after
making his escape through the win
dow, thinking that possibly some OF
the men might endeavor to make
their escape through this lower room
He threw his weight on the door
hut failed to open it, the two bodies
being against it. The second effort
was successful. When the door was
pushed open he saw and recognized
the body of Baumgartner. The
flames shot out and it was impossible
to get to the bodies. The flames
were just then reaching the body in
sight, but no signs of life were to be
seen, and no doubt both men had
perished by suffocation before Faull
was out of the building, as they could
not have lived but very few mo-
ments, the smoke being very dense
1t is possible that if they lost no time
in finding the door, they were in each
others way, and while making ef'
forts to open it they dropped; but q
more reasonable theory than this
would be that the door, being solid
wooden one, and the room darkened
by smoke, and both being dazed, as
men are when suddenly aroused from
deep slumber, they experienced diff
Guilty in finding the door, and when
they got to it we're overcome by the
smoke and fell. Girard Huppertz
was at the door by the time FaulI
was pushing it open, Immediately
followed by VIM. Gibbs. Faull was
greatly dazed after he made his es'
Cape, but still had the presence o.
mind to make for the door to open il
and save any of the men that might
rush down stairs, never thinking tina
anyone had gone down ahead OF him
Tindall showed great coolness. H'
grabbed blanket, held one end OF 1t
and told the men to go down, and III
would Jump. This shortened the
distance they had to jump to tn
ground. Three men went down IL
this way. Myers dressed himself an'
nut on his boots in cool, self.pos
sessed manner, and talked one OF tn
other men into putting on his boots
also. Tindall jumped to the groun'
and one of the men leaped on him
but luckily he was not badly hurt
Baumgartner's valise was opened
Tn it was found a prayer, or suppll
cation. written before he left home
imploring Christ, the Virgin Mary
&c., to protect him from death b.
Gre or water. 1t was signed, Kon
rad Baumgartner. j.
The above facts were gwen ..