The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22

Stupefied with opium and the deadly fire fumes An Qui. an 1S-year-old boy, and Wong Cow were unable to escape from the burning lodging-house. at P and A Waverly place last night and were burned to death as they lay in their hunks in the ,eramped-up loft they called their home.
 Defective Ed Gibson and Officer McMa- hon discovered smoke issuing from the general merchandise store of Wang Sim Lung shortly before o'clock and imme- diately turned in an alarm from box 2s4- They broke in the doors leading to the lodging-rooms on the upper floors and gave warning ito the inmates, large number of whom hurried into the street. The frenen had worked in the burning building for nearly an hour and had the flames well under control before the bodies were discovered.
 Quong Sin Lung, merchant on Du- pont street, and the father of An Qui, the burned boy was away from nome when the fire started, and when he re- turned told the police that he. feared his son was still in the building. His story was at first doubted, but. he was so per sistent in his claim and so evldently moved by his fear of the sons peril that an investigation was made and the two bodies found. An Qui was near win dow in the rear of the house and rom the position of the body it Is believed ne 0aQ dIIeupl6Q lO AIlcirAO
 The body of Wong Cow was lying in a bunk. Both bodies were burned 10 crisp. s
 Silver City Idaho, where he has been in business. He was on his way to China and was to have sailed on the Coptc' having secured passage on that vessel
 During the excitement attendant on the fire Ung Cor, woodchopper, living 1n the basement of the scorched building, ere. ated a little diversion by slashing one Of with laCkknl1e, threat ening the crowd and assaulting the police who came to place him under arrest. According to the disconnected story told by witnesses of the affair, Ung Cor was accused by Chinaman of setting fire to the building. He became excited, dreM d knife and slashed his defamer. The wounded man then made lunge at Ung Cor, cutting him in the abdomen. Ung Gor's opponent was spirited away, ana just how seriously he is wounded IS not
 The excitement of his encounter seemed to craze Ung Cor, and brandishing --ls knife above his head he drove the crowd in front of him until stopped by Special Larry Sellinger. The infuriated China man aimed blow at the special, who rushed to the scene of the disturbance and were attacked by Ung Cor. Othcer Knights corpulent stomach attracted the Chinamans eye, and toward It ne lungea his knife. How he came. to miss his mark Knight is unable to explain, but not wish ing to run the risk of second attack on that his weak point, the officer laid Ing Cor low with a blow from his club: The vicious Chinese was taken to the Harbor Hospital and after his wounds were dressed was locked up at the California street station on the charge of assault to Cantain Comstock thinks the fire started in the store of Wang Sim Lung. a dealer in general merchandise, and gives as the cause of the blaze the. overlapping or eX- pIosion of coal oil lamp. The captain would not estimate the damage, saying that it was considerable. To the building