Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-05
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shocking Fate Of Pctc olcinc. a saloon
Swampcr.


trap Pete Oleiuc. a. SWede employed
az a swamper at q Grant avenue sl-
loon, was literally baked alive u hts
little hut just OF from Grant avenue
near Che corner of Twcnty-nfth street
little after ID o'clock last night. Fire
men and others who reached the little
shanty ass soon as the flames were dis
covered were greeted with O. sight
which VIII live Fresh in the memory of
many Tor the balance of their lives
Huddled into ball the charrod body oft
the old mau was sosu BACKED and
scorched by the flames until % was im.
possible for his nearest relatives and
friends To- recognize him Ills right arm
had been burned from the elbow. the
remaining stump stlu smoking like a
pine knot a futile effort had been
made Co escape from the building when
DE was overcome by the flames. His
last breath was taken when hc crtvIod
through narrow passage whrh led to
the rear OF the house. What caused
the fire has not yet been ascort1neu. 10
was learned last night THAT OIsluo and
some Of his friends had been iu the
house nearly an day drinking After
his friends had left him alone 10 is be-.
lieyed that Oleine laid his pipe which
he had been smoking ou the bed cloth
ing and dropped of TO sleep and was
not aroused from his Sumber until
the flames came BOO contact with hI-
body BY This time the small room had
doubtless become $50 filled with smoke
that it was Impossible FOR the doomed
man TO find the exit to the house and
became suftocated.
Tom Ferguson and Fred Watkins
were among the first 60 reach the house.
They saw Oleine as he expired in the
doorway. After a half hours work the
flremen succeeded IN putting out the
fire. A cOroner's jury composed of E.
W. Jewell, r.. NJ. Grange and r. S.
Grange was mpanelcd. and after view
ing the remains ordered them removed
TO LArkiu a. Sons undertaking parlors.
Oleine was about 81 years of age.
For some time hc has been employed
as q porter and sNamper at various sa-
looms and barber shops Of the city. he
Is unmarried and but little is known of
his history or whether or not he has
any relatives living
EXTENSION OF GAS MAINS.
Manager Danyue Decker of the
Utah Light and Railway company am
nounCed Saturday afternoon that his
company will begin Immediately the
enlargement OF the present gas plant
and the extension OF gas mains Ion the
residence portion of the city. The Old
power house which is about two
hundred feet west of the present gas
plant will bc remOdeled and up-tu-
date equipment installed The present
gas reservoir of 10000 feet Of gas
capacity viii be used for the present
until a 100000 tank can be erected.
JUNCTION CITY BRIEFS.
state IndustriaI-Onc of the 3 M
YsH ra
is the meeting Of the new board of
trustees Of the state Industrial school
and many Of the changes IN the Onl-
cial family of the institution will be
threshed out. The old board held a
session on Thursday and one on Fri
day at which the books and accounts
for the past four years were audited.
Harold j. Peery was the only new
member who was present
Niatron Toponce HOnored $500 Mrs.
Kate Toponce. the first worthy matrOn
Of the order Of Eastern star was
presented with a handsome jeweled
golden star by the members Of the
chapter at the meeting Saturday even
ing
Funeral Scrvices-Funeral services
for Mrs Maria Robin were held yes
terday afternoon al 1880 at Lindquist
funeral chapel Rev. q. ". MCCreery
conducted the services. Gnternent was
made at the West Weber cemetery.
Arranging for Utah's EXhibit-Ac-
companied by Chauncey Overfield one
OF the state commissioners for the
Alaskan-Yukon fair Governor William
Spry passed through Ogden Yesterday
afternoon on his way TO SeattlJ where
arrangements will be made for the
erection of q building 70 contain -
exhibits for Utah.