The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18

.hot nearly destroyed his fathers
,.,,o Wednesday. 1t is known that
,;,tIo fellow accidentally set the
~, fire and it is believed that,
H-htoned al his act, the child hid him
- bc.,.d piano in the parlor and
s...tcd while vain efforts were
- made TO rescue him from the
1rrning building.
mere accident. the little fellow s
a. was found before the flames
...cbe5 him. but death had claimed it's
.i..im. Had the whereabouts of the
sa5 beer Known a few minutes be-
80, no might have easily been saved.
IN Mrs Geoghegan. six other little
h,5ren and two servant girls had mar
.ar. escapes from injury in the fire.
rbs, were forced to run down a burn
40 stairway 10 avoid being cremat-
when little Joe was found to be
,,issing the mother. frantic with grief.
;r,nloreI those who had been attracted
:, the scene TO find her child.
Bravery of a Servant.
Marian Boyle one Of the servants. at
,,mnred 10 20 into the building through
glass window in search of the boy.
sbe had 10 be restrained by several
men The girl cut herself badly break
Inc through the glass. Jack West. at
he risk Of his own life, rescued the
ho5v of the child and, almost over
come by smoke, staggered into the
ward with it.
Mr.. Geoghegan was at the Alta club
entertaining some visitors at the time
n the fire, and the escape of the other
members of the family was almost mi
racuous The house and contents
were almost d total loss. Considerable
damage from fire and water was sus-
famed by Fisher Harris, who lives in
the adjoining residence.
The fire started d little after O'Clock.
About fifteen minutes to that hour Mr..
Geoghecan bade his family good by
and took the car for the Alta club,
where he was to give a dinner 10 John
F Finerty and James Devlin. the. dis
tinguisbed Irish visitors. He had
scarcely gotten 10 the club when a
telephone message notified him that his
house was burning. He rushed back
Immediately but he was too late. His
child had persisted.
Was Playing With Matches.
According 10 the story told by Katha- |
line, one OF his little sisters, Joe start |
Cd the fire that cost him his life. He |
was playing with matches in a closet !
under the hall stairway. She said she /
saw him strike match, and then she |
went upstairs, where her mother and |
the other children were. A few no |
meu;s later the smell of smoke was
Doti1ed. Then the cracking of flames
In the hall were heard
The nurse, Marian Boyle. glanced I
down the stairs and seeing the hall in
flames sounded the alarm. Mrs. Geo2he-
gan was attending to her baby and
the children were playing about her.
Casping her babe to her bosom and
crying TO the servants to bring the
children, she started out. The stairs
were already in flames and smoke was
boiling up into the second story. With
The frightened and crying children
cinging to their skirts. Mrs. Geoghe-
gan and the two servants rushed
through the smoke and flame down the
stairs. Blinded and almost suffocated
with smoke they staggered out the
front door into the yard.
In the meantime the fire had been
discovered by some boys playing in the
street They raised an alarm and
nsighbors came rushing to the house
from every direction. A glance at the
crying children who had gathered
about her was enough to tell the mother
mat one was missing. Flames were
bursting from every portion of the {
mouse, and the conviction that he must
be in there almost drove her frantic.
Search For Little Joe.
Where is Joe?" she cried. Some
one find joe"
The men who stood about and heard
Ne agonzed appeal thought she re-
.erFed TO her husband. They did not !
uteam that a 3-year-old child was in !
0lst cauldron of smoke and fame.
MARIAN Boyle, realizing what the cry {
VI Her mistress meant dashed towards
WINDOW, shouting something about a
gAla mat those about her did not UNI :
o,-sd With her bare fist she {
sa"led The glass, cutting a long and 4
We gaSh in her right wrist. Giving no
,7tu 20 The stream of blood and the
n- -gS inside she began to scramble
~ into the window.
several men who saw the danger
sized the brave girl and dragged her I
"a She struggled with them and !
Fsaaed 10 be allowed to go in search a,
me child. She was quickly taken /
80 but her words had been under d
~ A moment Jack West. VIII Raw I
,5. na'Ies Deering had disappeared y
lug the door. Regardless of the o
so... ing heat and sitting smoke. they n
through every room they could
4, lU'o. Not trace Of the child could y
.,. .ouI1. Believing that he must have =
sA our and been lost in the excite r
So So lheF turned their attention TO il
aug some Of the furniture. n
Finding of the Body. {
nj ''.Sl.Ig INTO the parlor they attempt p
ST.. get the piano out. Vests foot
h, IN something soft on the floor as
ma. 'I'd back of the instrument. The Q
b. was too thick to see through. n
IN. |"o bus hands he felt the form of a
str,,.-,, raising him in his arms he I
joor' 'V4 through the smoke to the d
Isl vas almost overcome. but he i Il
n. .4auag'd 10 stagger TO the mother with a
n, t,li burden. A glance showed that n
ro., Did bad not been burned. and the "
I'D 81 anxiety was greatly relieved q
n,. thought the little one was alive. h
rer. d. q. r. King and Z. r. Root e
lori. summoned Immediately. They t.
s,d with The little fellow for some q
.qsrir.o al We're unable to restore his y
-res ,,.lS time Mr.. Geoghegan had ar Ia
Nae sa ana me doctors told him his boy a.
"a ,bo The shock almost prossrat- a
rco conc la'ier and Mrs Geoghegan was y
sc~a ,'. .',le. The rens.n= of the child p
rba f' 'h'n Z" the house %. a neighboir. "a
bon, .la.let could not he pulled away "
,srrios s boy. Tho other had to be C
B rr.-, INTO the home ii Professor a. "
.arrsqr'.N The children and the injured ~
ybera We're taken to another house. T
% nv g GIFTS wound was attended ic
a physician. RI
Delay in Se,,5;,,, :: 10