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Show Ffl CHILDREN MEET I I DEATH1NFLAMES H i a' J i Josephine Stahr, Aged 11 Years, and H i j J Little Brother, Victims of Fire B J ' Mother Seriously Burned. H ij j Josephine Stnhr, nged 11 jonrs, H Jj f ' i with her brother Illchitnl, nged 'J, met H ' I J I their death In n flro estcrdny morn H J j lug nt Helper, Utah, wlillo the mother, Bj ,, j J Ij Mrs. Josciih Stnhr, wife of Joseph H V tf Stnhr, an engineer of tlio 1). ti It. U., H j " nfter hnvlng lescucd tho thno remain-Bj remain-Bj S ) I 1 luS children, suffered agonizing Injuria Injur-ia ill! 'es '" "" eml-'iior t icsciio those B i I 1 who died. Bj ''ill The fatality ocetirred when three Bj ' I cars nnd n caboose, which had liecn Bj I left standing on the sidetrack at Cos- Bj V; ' tlo (late, suddenly Htm led slipping Bt jjt; I down tho Incline, sleep In Its grade. Bj wj, ' nnd with oory mil length inei casing Bt " I' itu moinoiitiiin until It crashed with Bj y vj 1 terrific forco Into a slnndlng freight Bj ' i cngtiio at the foot of the Incline. 'I he Bj " " ear In the crnsh splintered and its BJ ' ' Inflniuahlo contents scattered and Bj , j1 thrown In a Bprny over half n dozen Bt , j dwellings in tho Melnlty or the track. B , J -Mrs. Stahr, with her five children, BJ J wcro lit bed asleep at the moment ot B the collision nnd as quickly as BB nroused saw tho building wrapped b BJ ; i flames from tho burning oil. Hastily B j !i securing three of her children Bhc led B i them to safety and then with the tin- Bl j heeding fear of tho mother, turned and BJ jl ! i dashed through tho flames to rescue B i ' her remaining children. Within tho BJ if doorwny slie found both the children BJ j bing dead in scorching embers and BJ In her cndcnor to save the llttlo sis- BJ ,jj ter nnd brother, tho mother suffered BJ n, J fcoerc burns. At the time of the nccl- BJ V , 'lent Mr. Stnhr was out on the road BJ in tbo lino of bis duty, and it was not BJ ) , r until hours nfterwards that ho was BJ ' notified of the death of the children. BJ j It is presumed thnt the cause ol B the Ignition of the scnttered oil was BJ ' sparks from the locomothe. Bl In the other five houses, thero wns Bl only tho monetary loss, there having Bl been no occupants In the dwellings nt B tho time. Bl Unllrond officials, wlillo averse to B ' i making any official statement at this B time until an lnestlgntIon is held, yet BM i Intimate belief that tho accident wns BB ' duo purely to carelessness. The cars Bb j belonged to train No. XI, in charge or Bb Conductor T. F. (ilenson, nnd Drake- Bl man J. C. D.ivls nnd J. S. 1'ope. With- BBT out definite knowledge from nu lines- Bb , ligation It is thought or properly set BjV' on the btandlng cars. BM Mrs. Stnhr Is reported to bo in un B extremely critical condition ns n result BB of her vallnnt efforts to rescue nil her BBY children. |