The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-04
LEAPS BACK into
BLAZING HOUSE
Lehi Pratt Horribly Burned in
Brave Attempt to Rescue
a Child.
PULLED THROUGH WINDOW
IGNORANT THAT LITTLE ONE
WAS ALREADY SAVED.

In d heroic effort to save the life of
a child, which he supposed was I'm the
burning home of Thomas Parker, 1875
ArapahOe street, Poplar Grove, Lehi
Pratt, Parker's brother-in-law, received
burns last night which will probably
cause his death. He is now at Holy
Cross hospital. His face and head are
so badly disfigured by the marks of the
fire that he is almost unacceptable.
Both of his arms are also terribly
burned.
Both Parker and Pratt are carpen-
ters. They lived together in the Arap
ahoe street house. which belonged to
Parker. Mrs. Parker is an invalid.
Last night she fell in a faint while
passing through one of the rooms of
the dwelling. In her fall, she over
turned a small table on which q lamp
was resting. The lamp crashed to the
floor, setting the room in a blaze.
Parker was able to rescue his wife
and three children In the excitement
of carrying the fainting woman and
the children from the house. he for
moment lost sight of Pratt. The broth
er-in-law, not knowing that all the
children were safe, and hearing some
sound within the house which he mis-
took for the cry of a child, had dashed
back into the dwelling. 1t was then
filled with smoke and flames.
Falls Against Window.
Pratt. in entering the burning build
ing, was badly burned and as he
CROPPED about the rooms, he was almost
stified by the smoke. Faint and weak,
he made his way to one of the win
dOWs, thinking that he could in that
way escape, the mass of flames behind
him cutting off retreat through the
door through which he had come. He
was too weak to raise the window.
Back of him the flames crawled closer
and closer. The thought of the terrible
death that seemed about to close upon
him failed to give him the momentaTy
strength to throw up the sash.
Pratt fell against the window.
Parker, in passing, saw him there.
BY that time the fire had reached
Pratt.
There was no time to be lost in saw
ing the man. One of the window panes
was smashed and Pratt was dragged
through the opening Pieces OF glass
cut his head as he was being drawn
from his perilous position. When he
was laid upon the ground outside the
burning building the fire in his gar
ments was beaten out by his brother
in-law.
ing the window pane to rescue Pratt.
They were cut by the splintered glass.
DR.. S. G. Paul went to the scene Of
the fire in the patrol wagon. After at
tending Pratt, he had the man taken
to Holy Cross hospital.
House is Destroyed.
PaTker's house was burned TO the
ground. To get to the place, the fire
department had a fOur-mile run. 1t
was then found that the nearest water
plug was a quarter of a mile away. The
fiTemen did not have enough hose to
stretch that distance, and were COM
PEELED to fight the fire without a stream
OF water. As the house was a frame
structure, and the flames had gained
great Roadway, il was impossible to
save the structure.
Mrs. Parker was taken to the home
of neighbOr. The shock of seeing her
brother burned and losing her hOme
left her in a serious condition.