Coalville Times | 1901-12-27 | Page 2 | Colorado Santa Clans May be Fatally Burned

Calorada aaala Claa. May He ralallr Haraad. Haturday night while Archie L'r-qnhart, L'r-qnhart, a ranchman, waa peraonatlng Santa Clatta, dlalrlbullng preaenU from a I hrlatniaa tree at tbe achool-houaa at Hilt, Colo., bla clothing, compoJ largely of-,loo and other oombujl llilaiy-Uaarc l,.,... on biia etirlatmae treea and ba waa In-alanlly In-alanlly enveloped In a flame. He covered cov-ered hla face with bla Sanda and elag- gered toward the achooMiouae door, eudeavorlng lo gel oulaidc, hoping lo xllngulah the Humea lu the auow on the ground. The women and children were frantic with fear. Ilert MuVay grabbed Urquharl and by a deapernte effort lore the burning clolhlug from him, but not until Uruhurt had Inhaled In-haled the burning Dame and waa terribly ter-ribly burned aUiut the head and hamla. He waa taken lo hla home In an extremely ex-tremely critical condition, but It la thought he will recover.