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Show Mother Saves 2 Children By Quick Action in Home Blaze XXr , .-, ..7, : 'v ' , ' 'X' ; !- J .i; - v v : - " ' . r WITH THEIE PLAYTHINGS, THEY WERE SAVED FROM FIRE Thomas D. Washbanr Jr. holds doll and Riebard Washburn clutches rabbit , A young Salt Lake mother eavaaV the lives of her two small children early Wednesday as flames' and smoke swept through her home. The mother, Mrs. Jane Washburn, Wash-burn, 17, wife of Thomas D. Washburn Wash-burn of IMS Sixteenth East street groped her wsy through dense moke and lowered the children, Thomas D. Jr, S, and Richard, V through the window of. their bed-, room, then climbed out .herself. ; I Battalion FJre Chief - J. K. Piercey eaid Mrs. Washburn's "coolheadedneas probably saved the children and herseff; from t , death by suffocation." The fact both bedroom doors were closed was la Itself a contributing factor in their being alive, be addedV .'- Mrs. Washburn was awakened about T a. m. by smoke swirling , : , (CeetMMd m Faee Twet . , 1 . 1 ; - fOeieeie' ami 1 S.L. Mother Rescues Two (CoetMoes Frost Fss One) under the door of her bedroom. . Although (till hall asleep, she ' stumbled through the hallway, ' black with amok, lifted the it ill aleeping children from their criba ', in the rear bedroom and lowered them to ssfety. Mr. Waahburn. on a buaineaa trip, waa located at Tremonton and told of hia family's narrow escape. He waa expected to return Wednesday afternoon. The fire started. Chief Plercey aald, when a glowing cigaret ignited ig-nited an overatuffed chair in' the ' living room during the night. A1-. though flames caused no damage except in the living and dining rooms, the smoke waa "very thick." he said. Indicative of the heat was Mrs. Washburn's remark re-mark about her hairpins "they melted.' The hairpins were In the living room. Both Tommy and Dickie sal-Taged sal-Taged their most valuable pes sessions two dolls. Tommy's waa that well-known dummy, Charlie McCarthy, while Dickie's waa really a "bunny" rabbit Damage waa estimated at t ISO to contents and f 100 to the building. |