Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-20

About a year ago great meteor fell
Mt or near Table mountain, saws the
Orovllle Mercury. The fail N the
visitor from unknown spheres aud the
condemnation Il caused Among these
who were Witnesses was told ina
praphic manner 10 a reporter ~ this
paper by Pro 'essor George II Stout
eu nerintsndent OF schO DE ami ere.
nted wide interest. Scratching par.
ties we're organized and several
eoienti1c gentlemen came here to
get n pt ssible piece OF the meteor.
Mr.. Stout received letters from all
over the United States and even
from Europe. But despite strenuous
efforts, no trace Of tue myttetous mass
could be found. Tho oihef dny, hove
ever. Charles Il. Bloomfield, who
resides some miles to the west u
where this meteor was supposed TO
have struck, discovered what To uu'
dOuttediy fragment Of the same.
He was blowing his hel ~ when the
implement turned up a mineral mass
which Mr.. Bloomfield Immediately
recognized a. not being OF the ufdi.
nary character. He brought the same
to Oroville this morning aud II IL now
ON exhibition ut Norton y Ekmau's
drug store. The fragment WclGhs MY
pounds, Is Of q flint or brownish color
ON the surface, and tor lls size Sc f,.
markably heavy. Aslayet Ekm'u
says that the mass ~ mostly composed
OF iron, although he has as yet made
no regula lar assay. Hesays there 10 no
doubt Of ils being " meiroric origin,
and will vt once test II and fnd what
ita component parts are. lie VIII tlso
send samples OF the meteor 10 liilcf'
ont scientists.
EdwBrd Lowrie, who lives with bic
family 1T Oakland, Cal, had % very
un.oftunnte experience with FIRE ON
Saturday last. He had determined 10
give some NJ mis- clothes thorough
cleaning and No he purchased % large
bottle OF benzinu. The clothes were
spread out in the room aud Mr.. Low
nj. stafled 10 work. His vile was
near at hand watching him and his
little daughter was IN bed a, the titt
NJ the room. iowrle used the bcnIlne
very freely, ami az Zach rag got "A liltle
soilrd he threw II on the Tel AMI used
a now one, lie had about competed
malt his tack when he rtOpp'd anu III
cigar. He commenced 10 smoke and
went on with the cleaning process. a
spark from the cigar fell ~ the cioth.
anu In an instant the horziuo ignitod,
MIR. Lowrie wasenv,lopud IN ilnue- ~
n moment aud he commenced 10 nan
the ire desperately. His VIE
came TO his assistance, aud ~
her efforts TO put out the Ore h'i
clothes were caught In tho hlaz an q
soon She was envel0ped In 1nme-. The
IRE caught her hair and almost burned
II all OF. The rags on the bed salur
ated with beuzinu now caught on IRE
and the daughter was soon sufrounded
by fames. Her terrified parent
rushed 10 her assistance, and threw The
bedclothcs over her head IN order /,
protect the child's face. In doing thii
they exposed the child's limbs and Oh,
was terribly burned. Lowrie, although
terribly burned, with his clothes stu
Ou FIRE, fought the ilAmcs iuriOuHly u
order to save his daughter. In tn,
meantime the wife succeeded IN saw
ing herself by putting out the FIRE II
her dfess, and then she ran to hel
husbands assistance, and together
| they fought the flame. In the bed where
their little daughter was suffering cx
crucIhiiug pain. Everything was don't
no quickly that the unhpppy people
hardly knew what happened. Lowri'
after a short but desperate fight con-
quered the tlames. IL was then fount
that both he and his wife were badly
burned. The little daughter, however
was sight. The skin peeled OIL he
body and she was In great agony. A
doctor was quickly summoned ant
dressed the wounds Of the unfortunate
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