http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0081746
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alternative: [The Miner]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-11-30
issued: 1898-11-05
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note: KZ? * 1 '' t j / GRAND FORK THIRD YE Alt. NO. 130 ORAND FORKS, B. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IN OLD MAN BURNED TO DEATH. Tbe Dormitory of tin- Whitman COUIlly r.H.rlioii**.* ll,'Mtr,i> ,',! I.i Flre, Si,|.|.i.s.-.l to llnve ll.-.-n Started Ity III*- Mini Who I.OMt III. I.IL- ju ill,. I ..nlli.** rnlh.,1. EHwrton, Wnsli., Nov. I,—The slopping iip.ii'iini-iiis nf tlie tii.ili. Inmatoi at thc Whitman nuiiity poor farm wore destroy- i'il liy fire yi'-ileriliiy and Q. W. Hull, nn n-.'!-.! inmate, pori*fhcd in tin- dames. It ia believed Hull nl the lin1 whloh destroyed ihe building nmi ooel hiin his life. The tii. wn-. discovered aboirl m n. in. nn.l In a fow minutes the building was a mass of ruin-, amid whirl) could lie seen the L'harrcd remains nf ihe aged victim. The building wm a large squaro frame strut*- lure nf r.ni. and one-hall -.Units ami was huilt two years ngo. It was dry and biinn-d like Under. 'Although tlie lire oecurred in the day time and several of lhe inmates wen' iu the building, iki effort wns made to rescue Hull beyond calling to'him. He was lying un a ool and refused to move and the inmates who discovered him, being old and feeble, had not the presence nl* mind nor Btrength sufficient lo ilni*j- him from the burning building. One Inmate grabbed an iron bedstead in lhe room where Hull lay and tried lo save it, hut allowed the mail lo perish. When W. II. (Ile.isnn, keeper of the pour fa'rm, returned from town, where he had -.'one for lhe mail, it was too late lo save Ibe burn- in*; building or the man. The body wns burned beyond all human resembhinee. Coroner Ferguson with Deputy Prose- outing Attorney Itouthe hehl an Inquest. The jury returned a verdiet that de* ceased eame to his death 'by lire and found no one to blame, lt is the consensus of opinion thai Hull set the lire wilh sniiiil.il intent. He has frequently said of bile thut he would he heller oil' dead and would not live long. Hull had only been here about 10 days. H…

The Grand Forks Miner
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Grand Forks (B.C.)
spatial: Grand Forks
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0081746
language: English
lat: 49.0311110
long: -118.4391670
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Grand Forks, B.C. : F.H. McCarter and Son.
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