Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-04 | Page 2 | Heroically Fought Flames

warehouse, fell Into the fire, but was rescued by the convicts who were assisting as-sisting him. One thousand rounds of ammunition ammuni-tion stored In the guardhouse fell into tho flames and were exploded. Despite 1 the danger of being hit by the flying bullets, tho prisoners remained at their posts of duty and all escaped Injury from this source. A galling gun was dragged from the guard house by several of the convicts, who attached a ropo to It at the risk of their lives. The warehouse Is situated outside the prison walls, and none of the other buildings was endangered. HEROICALLY ; One Hundred San Quentin Convicts Work Nobly With Guards and Firemen San Quentin, March Z. A nre in the jute warehouse of the state penitentiary pen-itentiary here today caused a loss or about 150.000. The fiamea wero fought heroically by a force of over 100 convicts, many prison guards and firemen from San Rafael and San Fraucisco. Several of the prisoners while attempting to extinguish the fire, were overcome by nmoke and narrowly escaped with their lives. One of them, Ij. J. Frouman, employed as bookkeeper at the warehouse, had a leg broken and another fell unncon-pclous unncon-pclous on the root, but was quickly rescued. Guard White, while working from the guardhouse located over the