Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-20
BURNED TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate OF Tive Children
Through LiSnIins a Fire with
Coal Oil.

| On tae corner Of ! and Seventh
streets, in the Twenty-first Ward. is
the residence OF a native Of Swi,ver.
land, named David Gsmpler. an
honest handwriting man. Hi.
family consisted Of his wife ami
three children two girls and one
boy.
On Saturday last, about Il O'Clock
a. m, Airs. Gempler left at home
her two children, Mary, aged 10.
and David, aged year,. The chill.
drea played mer:lly together around
the naish55rhood until about ;
O'Clock in the evening, when they
went in the house and commenced
70 light fire. In doing 50 the glrl
Mary used coal oil. The contents
Of the can iSnitei and terrible ,.x-
piosion enslel. Mary rushed frln.
ticaily out OF the back do7r. her
clothing in flames, aud went toward
the residence Of the next door n..i,,I,-
Dor, Willard Bart. just a s,,s
reached the house. Thomas +
Thomas. Jf., aui Mrs. J4ra Bur,
, ,-ime 70 her sssis.auce. At tho In.
stance OF Mr.. Thomas a quilt was
procured ami She was grauDad In +,
and the flames weztinguished
Mr.. Thomas Gmped in his buggy ami
drove of for DIR. Richards.
Nearly seven minutes must have
elapsed ere Mary Thought u her
LITTLE brother David, when She
was h=cTu 10 say: ooh, ru.h and
save nay brOtheIi'' In the mean
| time people flocked around ;he
burning house, and observed he
i!ttle fellow uei The window.
Efforts were male to get the boy
out, but the window being high il
was difficult to gain ingress. As
soon a the words were uttered from
inc lips OF the girl Mary regarding
aer brother, Mrs. Jane Sur. i'm
mediatcly rushed TO the window.
broke a pane Of glass aud heroic
ally eNtricatsd the child from its
peFi!ous position. In DOING 50 she
cut q severe cash in her right hand.
The scene was heartrendiug. Poor
little fellow! His neck and fac. were
burned black.
Wiling and loving hands did all
that could be done 10 alleviate the
pain OF the suffering children. The
little boy was almost iusensille, bu.
these wOris were heard from his
lips: 4 want Aiary'' meaning his
sister,. The little girl asked those
Standing near her 10 kiss hC- and
play Tor her.
Probably an hour rasse ] away be-
fore DR.. Richards arrived. He
dressed the wounds and aimiuis-
tered morphine, but said the chill
iren could live Ouly a few hours.
He uttered the expression that he
had never witnessed such 4 scene in
his life. Indeed, it was 80 pitiful that
( the sympathetic doctor could not re-
irsiu from shedding tear,
\ vehicle was procured, and pyepa-
( ra.i5ns were being made % take the
children TO the hospital when Mr..
, Compiler and wife arrived. Words
but feeb,y picture the scene or ex-
press the feelings Of the grief
] stricken, hTOkcr-1eartei parents.
The li,.!e ones were taken % the
Deszret Hospital. Thc hoy fingered
m his suiIe-lugs until a quarler-pIst
yesterday morning, when death
! released him. The girl lived until
nearly noon yesterday,
10 was about : O'Clock wIen the
children reached the Deseret Hos
I pt3i. DR.. Pratt personally dressed
I their wounds and n II O'Clock Wis
{ tied them. Again next morning.
- $3.50. she visited them. aud q
! female nurse was with them ali
night. 4 male nurse was also NJ
hand. Nathing Coul he done for
I the patients except 10 delLen the
| pain, as death in few hours wc= in
evittble.
II has heed a-certaiued that the
rlno; regarding the children hay
ing been locked in the house was
entirely without foundation.
Mary Gem ller was a bright, intel
| Iigeut girl. She VS. born in Bsrne,
| : Eiizelilui. April -, l'sl. Her
I brother David was born in this city
| Nov. -, iSS5. The bodies were
. ken - the office Of undertaken
Joseph L. Taylor.
Tue tam age Uy the fire was not
| very serious. bu. would probably
J reach from SO % Si0p. The fire Ee.
( uartmeut arrived too late 10 render
service. Something over = year ago
! Nr. G-nuIer and wife Loaf tg0 chill
lren log diphtheria. They are in
rather poor circumstances. The
J funeral services were held in the
| Tweuty-first Ward meeting-hoUst
this afternoon. at 3 O'Clock.