Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-26
6|IT MEET DEATH
!, Burned and the Eighth Falls fro"
S Wire.
THREE OF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN
=, wires Around the spokane
S''r building rn,crfere' with the "''"
of the firenen'

,rosh Ian. 25.-As a result
spoNun ,,rous FIRE which broke ou'
o. Nv after midnight last n'sn' p III or,
s la, Eastern business pioeh ,' On wore
Gtea. a.enpe. at least eight h'es W. w.,
SIDE ,bs burned remains are h'o-
lost e" .a mass Of debris in VIVA, was
den III Int The flames started i"
'hs easement, it is thought ~ law,
'pe EXPLOSION. and when 'ne '
V'De ICON that part OF the o'i'us
was ,oaring furnace. The fourth
was ~ anors were used as apart
anu ard nearly 100 people We're III
i .a rooms at the time. several ,,,a
WV rlsked their lives 10 cii'''o ,,,a
hsn and arouse the sleeping peope,
"an nIs time the streets We're ma ma
by lh ,snrrided throng, and men ana
with = .a,. appearing at the Wihpow'
women nioring those below 70 ai,ad
ana mn The corridors had become nl,eu
heli ,ense smoke, and men, wV srn,,,
W. W. children were faiiihs 'ne
suiioeal,iys score of half clad people Were
severe, ~, the tire-escapes. Iren-
helpeu NV" clad only in their nisht-
blins TANNED barefooted into the
robes, s.epp and. fainting, were car
ia to places OF shei,er' .,,,, desnerate
Inc md saved many lives pu,
et s,I Efforts were terribly hanaicappsu
i ln network of wires around the iai'
Ing building. opa of horrible fasci-
,o,ion. The throng IN the ~. ,wfui
4
iIahuo ,ros only relieved when some ACT
eoVh T or courage saved an en-
o. hesd .fe Then great cheer
uan5eS 20 I'm. American courage was
Nvuiu e., 10 better advantage. BRAVE
heNei is,,ad their lives time ana again
men t,S women and children, ana tne
,vr,ning scene was repeatedly VII
uasssd az a daring man climbing uoWI'
narrow fire-escape lroin ti,e ~
s,oriss Of the roaring buildlng VIII
f1ntlng woman or screa'''i"e .''
in his arms.
ine. us siice Wilson, aged IS, employed
as hat trimmer.
uar sister Maud Wilson, aged b.
Mrs. Rose Smith, aged ~; 49,.
IT, II q Davies, an elderly lady
~ Nabraska City, Neb.. who fell In
5sscending from the fifth story, died
al the hospital this morning.
" H. Gordon, mining engineer ahu
expert. ,..ars
Ethel and Alma, aged respectiNeIy
and Z II is also thought that her son
Charles aged 70, persisted, but there
are reports that he was saved and
taken into the country by relatives.
Mrs Davies was living with her
daughter. Mrs. j. T. Pronger. They
mad rooms on the fifth floor, and found
themselves cut off from the stairway
and fire escape. The french failed In
so their efforts to lift ladders to the NTH
story owing TO n tangle OF electric
light and telephone wires.
Mr. Pronger discovered two large
wires running up the outer wall of the
building He climbed down these tc
the fourth story and managed to catch
the top Of the swaying ladder in n net
work Of wires. He descended to tn,
ground and was followed back up TIL,
ladder by a fireman carrying ligh
ladder on his shoulder. This was con.
nected with the main ladder. Mrs
Pronger caught and made fast to the
other end. and she then descended Ii
safety.
Meanwhile. Mrs, Davies had tried to
follow Mr.. Pronger, hut In the dense
smoke missed the ladder. She cam,
on down, hand under hand, until sht
reached the second story. There sh,
lost her hold and fell to the stone pave.
ment; She was 70 years of age. on,
son samuel T. Davies Is n merchant III
Nebraska City. Another, Rev. f. G
Davies Is pastor Of the First Baptist
church at ottumwa. la.
none OF the bodies of those burned
have been recovered.
me four walls of the big building re,
man intact and fire is still burning II
he basement. In that mass OF black,
,,.sa debris lie the bodies of the vic.
Inc local board Of insurance agent.
,,S ~. nn the total property loss n
"1aOOV' insurance, $780, 900.