Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-30
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sIntihe ana INC snout4ils, stnu clansins
III Deiis ana Liner ltiy,iteled screams
auoeu to tile gellsiai iiuD-Dup
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CT, wno mas cnArge OF the rooms, MIS-.
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lunr-s e;tr-eid n ell A1uiniiger. MI. Mi1ll-,
inger was 3aiso III the apartments, one
spW the women nlanagsu to get5sdoHn
the stairs In splle OIL The neat ana
smoke ana took the little girl WITH Ehetsi
Tne} otner two women tried TO fplioW
but the smoke drove them back. I'ielr.
screams could ne hearu on the street.
speioW ana they rusneu TO the WinuoWs
and cried for help BY this time the
8lfen~l were on the scene and We're
dong good work. LADDERS were quickly
raised to the thtrtt floor and Capt
Andrew Esikrem OF the truck and Lieut..
Lorenzo lost no time in running up the
LADDERS to the termed women, Their
appearance quieted the women to some
extent and they displayed courage in
doing as the hremen told them. IN a
few minutes Capt. Eikrem got q fire.
MANS! hold on one Of the women while
Lieut. Lorenzo did the same with the
other, and in safety they were carried
Ito the sidewalk below, clad only In
their night clothes. They We're quick
3lS placed In the patrol wagon and
taken to Main street roon1inghouse
where they We're cared for.
Furniture. bed clothing, books, brlc-s
10 brac, clothing and other articles We're
scattered about the rooms. and the
) ga fpets We're water soaked while drap-2
/ cries Were blackencd with smoke.
WANTED HER Do1LLIEs.
After the fire was out, little Nell
T Mullinger, trembling and crying, rush
! ed into the rooms and cried pietiously
/ for her "dollies." The little girl was
trembling violently and would not be
pacffied until two handsome dolls were
found on the bed. They We're not dam
"a ged iii the least and the child was
/ not comforted until this fact was as
scertained While this was going on one
one Of the women rushed excitedly In
/ to the room and demanded to know Ii
any one had seen her rats not a
4. rat could be found but a newspaper
man picked up a. dead mouse and ask
ed IL that would do. at the sight of
the mouse the woman uttered a shrek
and ran down the stairs.
The cause of the fire is not known.
The department officials are inclined
to believe that it started among some
rubbish near the furnace. That It
started in the! basement near the fur
mace is certain and it spread to the
elevator shaft and then UP to the roof.
II a prompt alarm had been turned In
the loss would have been nominal.
ASST. CHIEF coLLAPsEs.
Shortly before noon today Assistant
Chief Fitzgerald collapsed from the.
effects OF smoke and heat and it will
be several hours before he RECEIVERS.
Capt Eikrem had a narrow escape
after carrying one of the women down
the ladder.
when heard the woman scream
ing said he. Il hurried up the lad
der and took hold of her She was
getting ready to jump from the WIN
dow but I grabbed her and started
down the ladder. At first she resisted
and j got this scratch on the face;
After got her safely to the sidewalk
she screamed that there was baby
in the room. rushed back and
hunted around in the rooms and was
overcome by the smoke. felt around
on the beds and got hold Of a great
big doll. / was SO Blinded and chok-
ed from smoke that at first thought
| j had the child and was staggering
| toward the window before I, found
what ] had in my arms. I then learn-
Ted that the little girl had been taken
| down the stairs