The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-28

lo dry cedar lumber Mortimer Is not an INCORPORATED
town, and there provisions for fighting fire So
quickly did the fire spread that all practically over
oe even ladder could be secured from neghborng house
Six in Nursery.
Six children in the nursery where the fatalities oc-
CURED The nursery situated in the the second
oor and entered by single door leading the main part
lo the second floor There back stairway and no
excepting the windows.
BY the inmates had escaped from the house the
was aroused and seany clad people rushed TO
the scene Some helped for the frantic children. who
taken 70 the cottages by where they being
present Others joined in an attempt 10 save The furniture
from the lower floor OF the building Some was taken
out before II reached by the rapidly spreading amea
but was not taken far enough from the building and later
caught fire. Nothing but charred organ pitul
the building.
Within an hour the building was smolderng mass q
ende the smoke from which hid the charrcd bodies Of the
two children
charred Bodies Found
When morning came and the smoke cleared away the
remains 81 hs TWO bodies were found chaFed beyond ecog
milton From their position appeared that the children had
died m their beds probably being mercuy smohered by
smoke before the flames reached them.
= might possibly have saved the children who were
lost had known they were still in the room said Miss Agnes
H the day who herocaly Johnnie Glover and
Charlie Wilson At the risk 81 her lie
When entered the II filled with flames and
smoke which Ind the beds IN which the children who
lost lay The found opposite side 81 the
room tried to get out with them through the door but
III only with great difficulty that found window
and opened it.
Jumped From Window.
might have turned back and rescued the other two had
known that they were there but the room was m 81 smoke
and the flames spreading jumped The ground found
the two children were unhurt did know hurt
myself until it all
Il went tho front entrance and helped tho others with
the frantic children whom they driving We had
our hands full taking 81 them and could pos
sbly the who were lost"
Miss Hill and Miss Baer were cared for after the fire
by neghbos who furnished them with clothing all OF their
possessions being burned in the fire,
Miss Baer the night nurse was seen in an adjoining
cottage this morning She was nurse. having been
emp in the home hsf fr
e" for the FIRE" She said There did not
appear be much fire in the when left the What
there have been the back Of the
the baby clothing hanging the back Of the which
caught fire.
Fought Flames
when the flash pushcd the room and saw the
flames running up the clothing grabbed the clothing pull
ing down but before could stamp the fire IT caught
the wall paper and began TO spread Then grabbed the
children the fire and rushed the
Il must have returned the nursery within three four
minutes but when reached the door tho flames
through into the front part Of the house The from
which 1he fire started right next to the door that the
door tFas barred almost Immediately"
Descr,iou by her father the indirect cause Of the
Hazel was ono Of two children Of Mrs Hazel Lee Of Wen
atchee who died a, the Naysde Emergency hospital Deccm
Mrs Lee had been deserted bv her husband and was
Majors matron Of hospital notified Mrs Lees father Dan
Watson Of Conconuy Of the death Of his daughter lie wired
Children Sent to Home
Neither father grandfather made any provision for
the children. and they the home by the
hospital authorities Hazel met her death there The infant
was saved by Miss Baer, the night
rary by the neighbors who clothed them from the ward
robes Of their children the trustees Of the society held
meeting IN the headquarters. room 38 New York block
Mis- morning, arrange for their II decided
appeal the Ladies Relief society temporarily for
the children in their home Ross ST. Queen Anne hill
Realizing that the burned building fire trap and
that certain responsibility for the tragedy rests their
shoulders the authorized the securing OF tempo
rary home children would be safe until pena-
nent home be built Plans for permanent structure have