The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-05
A HORROR.
The Careless Placing Of q Light
ed Smokers Pipe
Fills with Smoke the Residence o.
Peter uhl.
The Flremen Rescue the Family with
Difficulty.
one hoy ia auffooated and II is Thought
Two Others win Die--.An Operation
The Parents Talk,

That M what meant the harsh Olang OF
the fire alarm al 4 o'clock this morning,
When the alarm struck the department
responded In haste, Cltaona arose
from their warm beuh ana
stumbled over every. eoneelYgblo ar
tlcle In the room IN their search TOT ulef
fire alarm card. Finding II, they located
tbe' iire In the extreme southern end and
after drOwaIly gweoplng the horizon IN
search OF "a red glow they returned soon
10 thelr rest, tho Ahrill clnttor OF tho Hire
bells az the hose houses lulling ucln INTO
a sound alumber, ,.,
Dut the ilre was the most tragic that has
visited this city for years. The depart
ment found upon lta arrival the house OF
Petor Uhl at No, 40 Allen street III u denao
cloud OF suiiOcatlng smoke, Flnmobwero
seen working rapidly witllin MO small
But the cry ihat went mp before tho np.
parntua was manned, blanchod oyon tho
cheek Of the ilromon. Petor uhl, his
wife and four children were In that nery
furnace.
ia was but a second the hardy ilremcn
hesltnted, In a moment ladders were
placed 70 the wlndowa and u score OF
brave, strong laddioa were within the
burning building and searching FOR. those
resting unknowIngly upon the brink OF
cicfnliy' 80,
that the ilhmea were not 10 DO feared IL
was the smoke. Some material was burn
Ing that almost aullocatcd those standing
In the street, 30 dense was ~
Hut they wont 10 work and nftorn hcnrch
| pulled out Mr. Uhl, his wife In whose arms
was q young child and two children, They
were moro dead than alive. But the air
revived thom.
Then their boy Jacob, aged olovon years,
was missing, Mr., uhl staggered up tho
ladder down which ho had been brought
almost lifoloaa momcnt boioro ana
| threw himself into one OF the rooms, but
| he rcckonOd without his host IN tho
amolSo. Had not ready hands caught him
aud again dragged him forth ho would
have surely auilocatod.
In the search for the boy Il ia said that
| ChnrlCn Brlac, u member OF No, y, ran
across him but the fire had gained such
| hOndwny that ho felt himself falling in-
20 tho ilory furnace below. He lost his
hold OF the child In extracting his legs
| from the burnt floor and then had TO lohvo
| the house FOR the smoke.
The boy was finally found and dragged
out almost liiOluag, Drn. Braunticltor,
Blocholo and Schnofor were working up
on them vigorously, Mr.. Uhl and his
wife and tho youngest child were pulled
through. Hui the boy Jacob found under
| tho bed, died shortly after, and u docs
not aocm possible for tho other two chill
dron, Christian and Potor, 10 live,
Tho mother ia almost crnzed over tho
| tragic affair and cannot bo comfortod.
| They have had torrihlc blow. They are
being cared for In the house OF q ncigll-
hor.
The origin Of the Are IN not clear. II IL
anid tho folks had social gathering
which lasted until midnight, Mr., Uhl
who ia great smoker, was enjoying the
pleasures Of pipe and u ~ said that
| when the giIOata departed ho thoughtlCaa-
| ~ laid hla plpo on a sofa In the room, He
| forgot 10 remove II and the family retired,
| falling shortly into u sound sleep, II IN
thought the burning cmbcrs In the pipe
act fire 10 the sofi. This would cause
| Just such smoke na almost suifocotod
the entire family. Tho damage TO tho
house by ilro was alight.
AN OPERATION PERFORMED,
All forenoon hundreds ofpcoplc walked
along the narrow street, Az II o'clock
Drs. Bcoholc, Fraunfoltor and March
met nt the residence OF Emil Rnboshy,
| whore the corpse aud the stricken family
arc qunrtorcd. Tho two little boys and
| tholr Father are In small room up stairs.
/ Tho former rcgnincd consciousness and
will get woll. The little boys were sink
| ing, and the three doctors on consultation
| decided 20 perform the difficult operation
/ of trachootomy In order 10 save thor
| lives. Thor windpipoa were cut upon
and u silver tube Inserted In cach, through
which they are now breathing, Thcy are
doing as wbll na could 10 expected, but
| their chances for recovery nro doubtful,
little hopes being entertained for Christ
ian, tho elder one. Mrs. Uhl stated TO n
| DEMOCRAT reporter that she and her
husband retired at about ! o'clock. AZ
| . sho amollod smoke and aroused her
| companion. She took the baby and ran
| down ataira, laying the child on u plank
| In tho yard. She could not got bnck up
stairs on account Of the smoke Her hus.
band stated that he had boon up town aud
drank only three glasses OF boer. Tho
fact ahat he could not be aroused vt once
ahowg that ho was considerably undor the
| influence OF the liquor that has caused 10
much suffering, dCeolntiOn and death,
ABOUT THE ALARM.
Tho general alarm did not sound until
a o'clock. The fire was discovered Ut $3.50.
| But ilrimcn wcro there. No. 0 boys
reached tho house whom the fire was fret
| discovered. Loarning that the family was
| In tho house, they worked 20 rescue thom
| frat. When they had completed their
| task thoy sent In the general alarm, Thoy
are 10 bo congratulated upon thoir quick
| and effective work. Had II not boon for
thom the ontlrc family wouldin 0ll proba-
bllity have anirocatcd.