Show SHOCKING G CALAMITY CALAM T y AT THE CITY and melburn allred aged 17 and 19 years sons of mr and mrs martin aired alred of vernal died in the city lockup between 5 and 7 this morning from suffocation and burns resulting from a firo fire that broke out in a 11 mattress ou which they were sleeping clarence allred came canio to town tuesday from irom vernal and 5 3 esterday melburn came with his father expecting to go with clarence to black hawk to work on the new railroad during the day and evening they drank considerable and about 11 marshal bryner and deputy sheriff peterson locked them up fearing they might lie out and freeze lo 10 death when they were locked looked up a tramp who had been locked up for the same reason was transferred from the east cast room of the lockup to the west room he had set his mat tress on fire and the marshal and 1 deputy took the mattress out into the snow extinguished the fire and then placed it back in the room for the allred bos both Bothof officer ficeri claim that they extinguished every spark of fire in the mattress there aasa as a stove in the room but no fire in it walter bass janitor at the publio schools sel bools first noticed smoke pouring from broken windows in the jail and ma telephoned marshal bryner burner who hurried to the jail arriving shortly after 7 he lie was vms joined immediately after his arrival by W 0 earhart Ear bart who assisted him in taking out the body of clarence allred whom it was thought at first might still bo be alive alivo the body of melburn was so badly burned that it was not moved death being evident tho firo fire was extinguished ana ani tho the sheriff and coroner ballinger summoned by the marshal mr ballinger sum nione monad d a jury consisting listing of V ac K Sk addon lara lars gunderson Gund creon and henry wade who viewed tho the bodies and surroundings heard tho the testimony of marshal baynor dry ner and adjourned until 0 2 this afternoon the inquest is still in progress as tho the news goes to press the body of clarence was not burned to speak of and ho be apparently died of suffocation but that of melburn was badly burned about the face arms and legs and whether or not ho lie died from suffocate suffocation lort bo be foro tho the firo fire reached blia could not bo be told martin allied tho the father who was stopping with friends in tho the city know nothing of the whereabouts of hlo lilt boa bos s until informed this morning of 0 theli thelt death and he is naturally almost prostrated by their unfortunate nate ending |