The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-21
, TRAPPED IN FIRE IN
 HOUSE, DIE
One Victim Believed Coast Guardsman Other
 Longtime Resident

Flames billowing into the dark ness took two lives early this morn ing when the upper floor Of a duplex dwelling at 426 East First Street was gutted by fire.
 Found dead in the charred ruins were Mrs. Margaret Curran Taasi- vigen, 46, and Coast Guards,nan said to be an enlisted man from the cutter Storis.
 Coast Guard officials would not release his name until his next-of- kin have been notified. but they said his remains have been posi- lively identified City police said he is believed to be Wallis s. Windiey.
 Two men escaped unhurt from the burning apartment, one of them carrying two-year-old child with him. Mrs. Erna Mae Zutelt. who lived in the ground floor apart ment, made her way to safety with her three children.
 The fire had burst through %il- dow by the time it was discovered shortly after am. by a neigbbor. Lester Funk, who resides in the Koski Apartments. He telephoned an alarm to the fire department and then went to the aid of Mrs. Zufelt.
 Ammunition Explodes
 Ammunition was exploding in the flaming building and the fire had eaten into the roof when the fire men. nster quickly laying hose for 200 feet up the East First Street stairs. began pouring water on the structure.
 Spectators. attracted by the flames, lined Gold Street.
 The fire was brought under con- trol within 30 minutes after the firemen reached the scene, but the bodies of the victims could not be removed until nearly an hour later.
 Bodies Are Found
 The body of Mrs. Taasivigen. who was also known in Juneau as Mrs. Cossette, was found by firemen in a hallway between the kitchen and the bedroom of the upstairs apart ment. The Coast Guardsman's body was in the bedroom.
 Mrs. zufelt said she first knew of the fire after she had been awakened by the sound of someone sliding off the roof of the porch. She rushed out with her children, Morrell, 9, Dana, ', and Denise, 10 months old. She said she observed man standing near the building holding in his arms the baby girl the lady upstairs had been taking care of"
 The man she had seen was Jimmy Manning, a Douglas fisherman, He told police he had gone to the apart- ment with Mrs Taasivigen. a Coast Guardsman, and Ernest Hayes. a Juneau fisherman. for a feed of clans" after "partying downtown He said he could remember nothing of the fire.
 When asked if he had carried the child to safety, he said, T guess so."
 Found Asleep | He told the police he thought Hayes had slid off the roof. Alter the fire. police officers found Hayes asleep in his waterfront cabin.
 The fire damaged building is owned by John Maurstad of Juneau. He said the building was partly in- sured Fire Chief A. Minard Mil said the upper part of the buildine was total loss and the lower floor suffered some heat. smoke anc water damage.
 Cause of the fire could not bf determined, Fire Chief Mill said
 This is the second double tragedy due to fire in the Juneau area in less than a month. MT. and Mrs. Marshall B. Ross lost their lives February 26 when their Glacier Highway log house burned to the ground.
 Child to Hospital
 The two-year-old child saved from the flames by Manning was taken to St. Ann's Hospital by police officers after arrangements had been made by the Red Cross. The child could not immediately be identified Neighbors knew her only as the baby who was living up there" Red Cross officials said they had not found the child's parents and that the baby would be turned over to the department of welfare.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Taasiyi- l (ContinueS on Page TWo)