Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-14

tered by the force OF the fall. The child
was uninjured.
In the meantime the flremen had run
up ladders at other points around the
building. and dozens Of people were be-
Ing taken from the crowded FIRE es-
capes and upper windows. BY this time
the building was a furnace, and the
resoues were affected in many cases
only after the greatest show Of brav-
cry on the part Of the firemen.
MANY HEROES DEVELOPED
Heroes developed at this time, Lieut..
Bonner, son of the former fire chief,
assembled the now red-hot fire escape
five times. Four times he came down
with a woman or "A child In his arms,
The nth time he was making for ths
street with an unconscious woman
When his strength gave way. He stag
gered and would have fallen to death
had not a oomrade come to his assist
dnce.
AS Bonner reached fourth-story
window on one OF his ascents aud drag
ged a little girl from a window where
she stood surrounded by flames, she
pleaded with him to leave her on the
escape and go In after her little broth
er, whom she had carried to the WIN
dow, He had fallen unconscious and
was roasting, she said Bonner jumped
through the window, and II seemed TO
those below as II he was going into
furnace. He found the little boy Just
inside the window and carried him out.
Fireman Hannigan repeated Bonner's
IIeat ON the third floor rescung Miss
Fannie Ginsberg.
A WoMAN's FEARFUL DEATH.
A woman, her nightdress blazing.
was seen to crawl out Of window and
start down the fire escape from the top
noor. The hot iron blstered her feet
and burned deep into her flesh. but
she continued on. The scaling ladders
We're run up close TO the escape, and a
fireman lad almost reached her. when
belch OF flame covered her like a wave
ana bore her down She fell back and
uled In sight OF the horror-stricken
The position Of those who had taken
refuge I'm the rubbish -choked fire es-
capes became more and more desperate
every minute. They feared To iump
and they could not wait until the seal
ing ladders reached them, so intense
was the heat. Now and then one would
jump TO the ground with a scream
BABY FLUNG TO POLICEMAN.
A baby was flung into the arms Of a
policeman below by its fear-crazed
mother. Just as the policeman caught
the child the mother dived to the
ground. Her body struck the policeman
on the head and he fell unconscious
The woman escaped injury by the fall
but she had been badly burned. The
baby was uninjured
DEATH REAPs A HARVEST.
Death was reaping harvest on other
fire escapes on the building as well at
this time. Al the rear two men and
two women were seen on the escapes
The women We're first and every step
they made was blocked by some can
or box of rubbish often too heavy for
them TO lift. The men would then come
TO their assistance and hur the OBJ
structlon into the yard. The quartet
were descending slowly between the
third and fourth floors when flames
burst from the windows all about them.
The flames darted UP from the third
floor windows enveloped the two men
and women. They fell and were roasted
to death. Their bodies were brought
down by the hremen.
Through the smoke al or figure
was seen on the FIRE esCa. ,eA on the
fifth floor. No one could tell whether
II was q man or woman. The clothes
were afame, IN a moment the victim
sank to the escape and died.
BODIES ON TOP OF ESCAPE.
on the top of the fire escape at the
other side Of the house lay three bodies,
Mrs. solomon and her Two sons, Isaac
and Jacob. They had been
overcome there by the flames.
pUo othor tnap,bora % che Ccln
mon family We're seen TO look
from the windows and then fall back
70 the burning building, The elder Solo
mon, the husband and father was one
of those rescued by PatrOlman Dwan
When he reached the street his whis-
kers had been burned off and he wore
nothing but undertaking For more
than one hour he had been wandering
around IN this condition. searching for
his family, when he came upon the
bodies after they had been removed
from the fire escape. As he recognized
the charred remains he broke into pas
sionate weeping, with agonlzed cries OF
"Mein Kinder, Mein Kinder" His eX-
perlence was paralleled by dozens Of
others in the house.
AFTER THE FIRE
After the fire was under control the
street was filled with half dressed
weeping people, seeking for their rela,
tlyes, imploriug the policemen TO go in
10 the burning building and rescue the
loved ones whom they believed per-
ishing there. Yet one man whose fam
ily had been saved bewailed the loss OF
som jcwelry left In his apartment and
begged a fireman 10 save IL for him.
The desperate resourcefuness OF
some mother IN her effort TO save the
lives of her children was shown when
q bundle was seen TO fall from a high
window IN the burning building ana
light gently upon a heap Of snow. In
the center OF the bundle, wrapped
around by several thicknesses OF bl1n-
kcts and comforters was found four
year-old boy, who suffered not az all
from his unusual experience, The fate
of the mother Is not known
CAUSE OF MANY DEATHS.
one cause OF the terrible loss Of life
was due to negligence in failing 10 keep
the skyllght door free and clear II
was not only fastened tight. but also
frozen. As the flames rushed up the
stairs. the tenants dashed for the roof
They found the door. which should have
swung easily open. fastened down. I'm
able to burst II open and wedged In by
the surging mass below, numerous per-
sons were burned to death.
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MRS. L. WARDS DIAMONDS.