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Show IDKHO PACKER DIES IN BLAZE Charles P. Seymour of Mosa Gives Life Fighting Disastrous Fire BISK Ida. Dec. CO. Striving to e-llngulsh e-llngulsh the fire at the Vin lloson ft SeymOur PaOJtlns company at Mesa. In SI IS i-ounty la.-t night. Oharlejt I, ftfymour bufned to death, while K. H Mulvllle, hi assistant, overcome : smoke, was rescued in an daoonsclous, xndltlon. Th the at the pecklne plant oni of the most costly that has occurred in this section of Idaho The monetary Ios-c is estimated at $200. ooo. Flftj thousand bushels of apples stored In the building were destrored and the building Itself, was practically consuni'-d by flames. The loss Is only partially .'.rd 1 Insnrance. When the fire was first discovered it had gained substantial headway. The fire department was Inademiate conl with tin' flames and. iv.f.ii7.int' this ; .Mr. Se-moir and Mr. Mulvllle entered the building to attempt to check tin spread of the flames. The men w re shortly surrounded h a mass of flames but eontinued their tin-ed.ua! tin-ed.ua! fblhi Volunteers went intt the ! building, ami though driven lack repeatedly. re-peatedly. Continued their search for the I bodies. Mulvllle was found on the floor, unconscious. Xot until it became apparent that further fur-ther attempts to find Mr. Seymour would probably cost the lives of the volunteers did the efforts at rescue of Mr Seymour cease. Several hour after Ihe fire had Started, Start-ed, the charrc-1 bod) of Mr Seymour was found i on i |