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Show THREE DIE III FIERCE IJSCOJSRE Chutes, San Francisco's Amusement Resort, Is Prey of Flames. BAN FRANCISCO, May 29. Three and possibly four pertons perished early today in a Ire which destroyed the Chutes amusement park and the Arcade lodging bouse. Three bodies have been recovered. One body waa identified as that of John Walker, a medium, who occupied rooms ia the lodging house. Another is believed to ba that of John L. Boat tinger, who waa put to bed in room 2V of the place at a lata hour laat night The third body, evidently that of a small chill, is believed to be that of the fou -year-old daughter "of -Fred Ritchie, a carnival manager, who lived in tha Arcade. Mrs. Mary MacFarland, a nurse, reported re-ported to tha police after the lira that aha had been unable to find Rev. H. E. Howland, a medium, who had been under un-der her ear in th lodging bout. 8he started down th atairway with him, but wat overcome with tmoke. When the revived she was unable to And her patient. . Tha total lott is $250,060. The building build-ing waa th property of Abraham Kuef. th former political boss, new serving a sentence for bribery in San Quentin penitentiary.. - .... The power house of tha United mil-ways, mil-ways, containing machinery valued at a million dollars, was saved from destruction de-struction by the efforta of Thornwell Mullaly, president of tha company. Mullaly rushed to the aeeae in a taxi-cab, taxi-cab, headed a band of employeea of the company and extinguished names which had attacked the power houae in a dozea places. Tha destruction of the plant would have tied up street railway traffic of San Francisco for s long period. a - The fire waa brought under eontrol Shortly after t o'clock. The fire started in the rear of the Pullman billiard hall and waa beyond eontrol before a alarm could be turned in. Employeea of the Chutes fought the fire from th top of th eeenio rail-way rail-way with a garden bos until they were driven from their position by heat and amoke. |