The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-04-06
Fatal Accidents.
pa1s EvILLE, March q. lS95.


Editor TIMRs-MousTAISEEh:
Since Study LIST, Crook county has been
visited with al uuusual succession Oh 'ras''
events. one Of which contains the elements
of the rare IN a bigl d.gr'e SUNDAY ai'e
noon medical assistaIcs was caii'o W '"e
| N " b,te rsl ch, five miles FROM this place.
TO AIT nd your g Italian named forniio' 'p
the employ OF his brother, lessee OF the
-.oeh Iu a it of momenta-Y insanity ror'
:, s.,zed a kuife, and, being alone IN the
aou.. w pesrly co'npeed thu act of self
o., .n, Ss,on The wound was such t-r-
I'll o. hat be attending physician was
,oro.d .o -. form a very delicate surgical
o....+;on po, clio does not remember the
,mnulse which leo TO the rash act. He has
fair chances of reco> >-ery. The young man
has bee, a resident of Crook county for the
mast vear and followed the, vocation Of herd.
ing sheep.
The same evening word was received that
William Raglin had been kicked IN the
breast by a horse and instantly killed.
RagIin was well-known raucher and
freighter, and leaves a widow and i've ch'l-
dren, the eldest being Is years old. De-
ceased was a member of Ochoco Lodge No.
lOl, of Prinevile, under the auspices OF
which society the funeral was conducted.
At 2.30 o'clock this morning the a'arm OF
fire was turned in at the fire department by
q. Taylor Hill, who had discovered flames
issuing from the city Jail and the old engine
room, used for some time past as a store
room for few tools and implements belong
ing to the city. The fire was under head
way at the time of discovery, and the
flames emanatipg from the roof were famed
by strong wind blowing from the south
east. A arrangement Of some of the ma
chinery of the engine caused delay in pro-
curing a stream from the cistsrn at A and |
Second streets, half block distant from
the fire, This allowed the fire to spread |
through the grass into the yard of the resi-
dence property owned by w. r Uren and |
occupied by the family OF J. W. Gage, Of |
Mitchell. Flying embers also increased the |
danger CT this property. hut by the active |
efforts of citizens the flames were kept |
away, and the damage ended with the |
cracking of the plate windows in the side |
next the burning structures, the destruc-
tion of walks. ETC., about the yard and the
scorcbing of the surface of the exposed por-
tion of the house.
The sad feature of this conhagration be-
came apparent when, during the height of
the flames, and before water was secured, |
1T was ascertained beyond doubt
that Frank McNally had been incarcerated
in the lookup shortly before midnight.
When this fact became known to the as
sembled people, the bursting flames pre-
cluded entrance to the building. The
opinion prevailed that Mentally had been
removed, although it was difficult to decide
in what manner, unless he had been rescued
by force, and the forced entrance concealed
by setting fire between the two buildings,
as the iron bar was yet In place across the
front of the only door of the structure.
Fire axes and the flames soon reduced the
four-inch walls, and as quickly as entrance
could be made among the embers, cooled by
the arrival of the delayed water, search
was made, and there, lying face downward
in a corner, his feet extended toward the
door, were the charred remains of the un-
fortunate victim of the roasting oven. The
general theory Is that McNallY, who was
intoxicated at the time of his Imprisonment,
gnited straw bed in the Jail while smok-
ing and was unable to subdue the flames. |
The lookup was a small structure, perhaps
zen feet square, and stoutly built by mailing
planks together Hatwise, forming walls.
1oor and ceiling four inches thick. The
'nly ventilation was afforded by small
,rate in one side of the building. The VIC
i'm was Frank McNally, Irish-Amerlcan,
Iged about 80, laborer by occupation, and
'ame here from Benton county in the sum-
ner of 1898. He was powerfully built
nan, weighing near 200 pounds. He has
10 near friends here, and among his ac. s
luaihtances your correspondent has failed
o learn his native place or the residence of
lis kinfolk. The remains, after inaue
onducted by Coroner Pnngle, were il
erred today. W.