The Nome nugget., 1902-12-31
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Six natives were horribly uroed ye-- { terday afternoon about 3:}0 in q co! in on Fourth street back of St. Joseph 5 church.
 Three are dead. one child, is eX- pecjtd to live but d frW hours, and tie remaining two, d woman and little girl, it is leare,. cannot long survive l the effect of their burns and inha,m% he smoke in the burning cabin. The dead are Isaac and JIumy aud the lat ;er's wife. The woman olcd first about o'clock this morning, Jimmy next about o'clock and Isaac at o'clock.
 WI en Jimmy knew that hi, wife Wa dead, he said to the sister ln attend ance: Me no want tU live: me die too." and he did.
 The tragedy which brought such dread consequences to these natives may. in all probability, be attributed to the depravity of white men and the natives loves for red liquor. In some
 
 they iived, on Fourth street west of St Joseph's church. caught fire, and the six persons in it, either heipiessly drunk or panic stricken, were unable to escape.
 They were quickly taken to Holy Cross hospital by Deputy Mar>hals T I,l, n, Rnnger and City Physician Derby shire were speedily summoned. The victims-twO men, two women and two children-wsre quickly placed in beds and the physicians, the sisters and at tendants. were soon at work ln an at l tempt to relieve the agouies which the poor people were suffering.
 In the case of the two men their clothing had been almost burned off them: one of the women Was ill a sim far plight, the third not being SO se- verely burned. One of the children- iitt.u girl Of probably 10 years af age, was horribly burned about the face and arms; lAe other had escaped ie>s injury bat all were in the Girest agony. to Nypodcruic injections were given all to all&y their sulIerin9s while l their terrible wounds were being big brawny fellow named isaac, native of Port Clarence, was most severely burned. Beaides he had | inha.eu the smoke and flames of the burning cabin. and artificial respira- tiyn Was rcsorted to by the physicians. | His means and cries were ieal ful, and as he raised in his bed, while the phys lcians were dressing his burns. thC epiderms of his body, on chest and back peeled of in great flakes clear to his waist, while from his arms dropped great patches of scUrchcd skin.
 His faithiul wife, who had been ab- st ul from the cabin wien the fire oc- cured, sat on the floor near her hua- bands couch with a little makininny m 1 her arms, telling at the same time aS | best she could, with much gesticua- tiOn. how when she returned to the place she called home she found fire crawling up the walls, and smoke pour ing out rf the door. Ever and anon she lifted up her voice and walled On another bed lay her child. a little girl, so severely burned, and her atten- tion was equally div ided between hus- band and offspring.
 The other male native who is badly injured is known as Jimmy. He is from the Diomede islands and speaks a little English. Asked if they had had whisky in the cabin he denied it as best he could. "White mans lamp, all same west ;pp,' he said, trying to lift his poort, hSed arms in attempting to sciow lss " the flames had darted from the lamp and set fire to the walls of the cabin.
 The story of the rescue of these poor people from a veritable holocaust is . gruphic one, and shows the nerve and courage displayed by more than one man.
 When aac's wife returned to her cabin she found ire inside. She had been down town selling salmon with hsr little makininny (child) on her back. The smoke issuing from the cabin frightened her and she ran to- ward white man whom she saw On the street. This was George Vaughan; he ran to tie cabin which was filled with smoke; the . he sped to the federal jail for help and Deputy MarshnlS A. J. Lowe, E. D. BL..elee and Fred And-