The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-03
A VICTIM OF THE FIRE
Peter Shovlin Dies at the Sis
ters' Hospital.
INJURIES PROVED FATAL
He Fell From a Plank While Escaping
From the Mullins House Fire-He
Was One of the Pioneers
OF Montana.

Inc MulllHS DodTulus Houst IL
claimed a victim yesterday. Peter
Shovlin. the old man who had his back
sprained i'm falling while trying to es-
cape from the fire through a window.
died at the Sisters hospital from the
effects of his injuries a few minutes
after IL o'clock in the forenoon.
When the fire broke out in the big
Centervillle boarding house. Shovlin
occupied a room o n the second floor of
the old frame section of the building.
His window was in the rear end and
opened on the alley way separating
the house from the butcher shop, the
roof of which was nearly as high as
the window and only a few feet away.
In the room with Shovlin was a man
named Holland. When they found
their way to the stairs cut off. as they
supposed, they returned to the window
and broke it open. intending to escape
to the roof of the butcher shop. a
plank was showed to them and Holland
crossed in safety, but hen Shovlin at
tempted to follow he met with less sue
cess and fell 10 or Is feet to the ground.
He was Immediately sent to the Sis
ters' hospital, as 1t was feared his back
was broken.
The physicians who attended the in
Juftu Ildl Ioubtu lis avn Nas "
broken and they did not regard his in
juries as of an especially grave ma
ture, but he was old and had not the
necessary vitality to Withstand the eff
fects of his injuries. 1t is now thought
besides that he was injured internally,
After being taken to the hospital he
never had control Of his lower limbs.
and he could not turn himself in bed.
His back gave him great pain con-
stantly and yesterday morning. worn
out, he passed away. The brother Of
the deceased thought he died from
pneumonia n not from the effects of
his injuries, but the attending ply
sicians state that such was not the
case.
The deceased was a pioneer i'm Mon
ANA. He came to Helena from Ireland
i'm 1867. and has followed mining since.
He located the Father De Smet mine in
the Black Hills and had a number of
mining properties in Montana and
Colorado. He was 81 years old and I'M
married. He leaves two brothers,
James and Patrick Shovlin. of this city.
At the time of his death he was m
ployed at the High Ore mine.
Coroner Tremblay was notified of
Shovlin's death, and after he had
viewed the body 1t was sent to Dug
gan's undertaking rooms. Owing to the
deceased having been injured in the
Ah -
will hold an inquest, probably to-
morrow.
The search for the bodies believed to
be still buried in the ruins of the Hale
house was carried on yesterday at a
rapid rate, but no trace of human re-
mains were found during the day.
During the afternoon the coroner re-
ceived a telephone that his presence
was required and he hurried to the
scene, but when the workmen uncov-
cred what they believed would be a
body of a man IL proved to be only the
remains of a roasted dog.
The debris has all been cleared out
of that portion in the rear known as
the new building, the most westerly of
the three compartments of the hotel
proper. n a part of the middle COM
partment. The remaining bodies are
believed to be i'm the asst compartments
and may be recovered in a day or two,
as the greater part of the week may be
consumed in finding them.
Three more barrels of whiskey were
saved from the ruins yesterday. There
were also found As watches, a tray con-
tanning trinkets, a breast pin marked
wv. D." and sl.25 in money.
The funeral of John Sheehan will be
held his afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Duggan's undertaking rooms. The
relatives of Frank Kreigbaum nave de-
cided to defer burial of the body sup
posed to be Kreigbaum, as he has not
been positively identified. If the re-
naming bodies, when found, are proven
To be Sullivan and Rooney. there will
remain no question about the identity
of the body supposed to be K~reigbaum,
and in hat event the body will be
shipped to Utah.