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Show BURNED TO A CRISP Remarkable Accident to an Idaho Ranchman. HIS CONDITION IS CRITICAL . P. L. Schick, While Driving Home With His Wife, Has His Back Burned, Part of It to a Crisp, aud Front of His Body Blistered Without, With-out, He Declare, Knowing An, thing About It-HIs Wagon Takes rite He Is Dragged From Burn-ing Burn-ing Vehicle by His Wife. ITninUND BI'KCIAL Poise, Ida, April H -P L. bchlck Is llng In n critical condition at his home on Drj Cieek, about twelvo miles fiom the cltj, sitrtirlng from burns. Tho accident of which he is tho victim vic-tim was altogether remarkable, the most astonishing fcatute of it being thnt Mr Schick, sitting by the Bide of his wife on tho seat of his wngon, wns burned nenrlj to a crisp without know-Ing know-Ing that an thing was wrong. HIS WAGON ON rinn They were driving home from Boise. As they went down the hill near homo Mrs Schick became auuio that something some-thing unusual was occurring. Olanclng over her shoulder she saw that tho wagon wns on fire back of tho" sent The flames wcro being whipped eight feet high bj tho wind nnd wcro swirling swirl-ing from under the seat behind her husban 1 and burning his back. DrtAGOUD PROM BURNING VE-H1CLU. VE-H1CLU. Mrs. Schick slipped a vurollen shawl from her shuulJcr nnd threw It nround her husband, dragslng him from tho wagon Mr. Schick stoutly denied that he was on (Ire, nnd Insisted that Bho desist. Mrs Schick succeeded In smothering tho file with her shawl. A REMARKABLE TACT. It Is remarkable that Mrs. Schick's clothing did not take tire, but the supposition sup-position Is the wind held tho llio on her husbnmls side of the wagon. The sup-ports sup-ports of the seat wcro nearly burned off, and the bottom had been burned out of tho wagon, the groceries bought in town having been lost In the road. did not teiil fire. Tho doctor summoned to nttend tho tufferer reports he found that his entire en-tire bnck was burned, one-half of it being be-ing burned to a crisp, tho burning being be-ing what tho doctors call the third de-gree de-gree Tho front of his body was blistered burned In tho first degiee. excepting a strip about ten Inches wide cxi lly in front. Mr. Schick Insisted ho did not feel tho fire. NOT UNDER INFLUENCE LIQUOR There Is no satisfactory explanation of the reason why Schick did not feel tho flames. Dr. Bowers, who attended him and who gives the story, made In qulrj. Ho found that Pihlck had taken ta-ken two or three drinks while In town, but was nut drunk. Again he had driven twelve miles fnelng a stiff breeze, and tho Infiuenco of the liquor ho did drink should have worn off, at least fcutuclcntly to admit of his feeling the flames The doctor stnted to our correspondent that the case was an en-tiro en-tiro puzzle to him. He is at a loss to aceojut for the facts as re found them |
