Show YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE BURNED BUR rIED TO DEATH AT mr and mrs john E wirth i 01 4 1 b by y smoke are unable to escape 14 i from blazing building f overcome by smoke after they had retired tor for the night mr and mrs SA john ti E wirth young married couple were vere burned to death at sego monday night might when their house caught on fae lre fa e efforts of neighbors to rescue ibe couple were unavailing as the bouse was a raging furnace by the time help reached ibe the scene the bodies I 1 of mr and mrs wirth burned to a crisp were recovered from the ruins about midnight the tire fire had started at about 10 15 john T arnold principal of the sego school and aiex alex first saw the house in names flames and rushed to the scene in an attempt to arouse the occupants however the fire had gained such headway that when arnold and Ring boffer broke the windows out they were met by a wall of hame flame which drove them back and made it impossible for them to rescue ibe the couple without doubt mr and mrs wirth become suffocated by the smoke and fumes while asleep as they had made no effort to escape from the house their bodies found in bed cause of the fire Is unknown but Is believed to have been an overheated flue the house was located in the lower part of town opposite the school building T F P callahan grand junction undertaker took charge of the remains the bodies were shipped to trinidad colo the former home of the for burial mr and mrs wirth came to sego several months ago from trinidad where they were recently mar married riedL the young couple were very popular at sego having made many friends since their arrival there the community Is profoundly shocked by the tragedy and the sympathy of all Is extended to the relatives mr wirth Is survived by three brothers L A and joseph wirth of sego and V J wirth of ludlow colo mrs parents three brothers and a sister reside at trint dad the young couple had been married only a few months |