BODIES BROUGHT HERE TO BURY
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Young Men Were Working With Crew of Fire Fighters in Trout Creek Country.
The charred remains of two young men, George Strong and Andrew G. Bourrett, were brought to this city Wednesday evening and taken to the Brower undertaking rooms. They were victims of forest fires in Montana. Strong's mother, Mrs. Albert Haney, resides at Ponderay. Bourrett was a resident of this city and had been employed at one time at the Superior hotel. He left here last week stating that he intended going to Missoula and joined a squad of fire fighters there. Strong joined the forestry fire service at Thompson Falls.
The young men lost their lives fighting fire 14 miles inland from Trout Creek, in Swamp creek gulch. There were 15 in the party. As was the case at Cabinet the men were engaged in fighting one fire and were overtaken by another. They were fighting a fire from above and a fire started below them and swept up to them. Four of the party lost their heads and all four were burned. The others saved their lives by crouching close to the ground. The victims besides Strong and Bourrett were two men by the name of Williams and Feese, who joined the service at Thompson Falls.
A younger brother of Strong went to Trout Creek Monday, saying that he felt sure something had happened to his brother. When he got there he found his brother had been burned to death. He brought his brother's remains and those of Bourrett to Sandpoint.
The death of Bourrett was particularly sad. He was only 26 years of age and was to have been married next month to Miss Anna Good of this city, who is prostrated with grief over the death of her fiance. Bourrett had two sisters living in Massachusetts and a cousin at Seattle but his father and mother have been dead for several years. One of the sisters, Mrs. E. P. Gillman, who resides at Springfield, Mass., was wired Wednesday of her brother's death and sent word back to have the body buried here. The address of the other sister and the cousin of the deceased are unknown to Miss Good and her mother and they could not be communicated with.
The funeral was held from Brower's undertaking rooms at 10:00 this morning. Rev. Robert Warner officiating. Interment was at Lakeview cemetery.
Arrangements for the burial of George Strong have not been completed.
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Young Men Were Working With Crew of Fire Fighters in Trout Creek Country.
The charred remains of two young men, George Strong and Andrew G. Bourrett, were brought to this city Wednesday evening and taken to the Brower undertaking rooms. They were victims of forest fires in Montana. Strong's mother, Mrs. Albert Haney, resides at Ponderay. Bourrett was a resident of this city and had been employed at one time at the Superior hotel. He left here last week stating that he intended going to Missoula and joined a squad of fire fighters there. Strong joined the forestry fire service at Thompson Falls.
The young men lost their lives fighting fire 14 miles inland from Trout Creek, in Swamp creek gulch. There were 15 in the party. As was the case at Cabinet the men were engaged in fighting one fire and were overtaken by another. They were fighting a fire from above and a fire started below them and swept up to them. Four of the party lost their heads and all four were burned. The others saved their lives by crouching close to the ground. The victims besides Strong and Bourrett were two men by the name of Williams and Feese, who joined the service at Thompson Falls.
A younger brother of Strong went to Trout Creek Monday, saying that he felt sure something had happened to his brother. When he got there he found his brother had been burned to death. He brought his brother's remains and those of Bourrett to Sandpoint.
The death of Bourrett was particularly sad. He was only 26 years of age and was to have been married next month to Miss Anna Good of this city, who is prostrated with grief over the death of her fiance. Bourrett had two sisters living in Massachusetts and a cousin at Seattle but his father and mother have been dead for several years. One of the sisters, Mrs. E. P. Gillman, who resides at Springfield, Mass., was wired Wednesday of her brother's death and sent word back to have the body buried here. The address of the other sister and the cousin of the deceased are unknown to Miss Good and her mother and they could not be communicated with.
The funeral was held from Brower's undertaking rooms at 10:00 this morning. Rev. Robert Warner officiating. Interment was at Lakeview cemetery.
Arrangements for the burial of George Strong have not been completed.
BODIES BROUGHT HERE TO BURY
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Young Men Were Working With Crew of Fire Fighters in Trout Creek Country.
The charred remains of two young men, George Strong and Andrew G. Bourrett, were brought to this city Wednesday evening and taken to the Brower undertaking rooms. They were victims of forest fires in Montana. Strong's mother, Mrs. Albert Haney, resides at Ponderay. Bourrett was a resident of this city and had been employed at one time at the Superior hotel. He left here last week stating that he intended going to Missoula and joined a squad of fire fighters there. Strong joined the forestry fire service at Thompson Falls.
The young men lost their lives fighting fire 14 miles inland from Trout Creek, in Swamp creek gulch. There were 15 in the party. As was the case at Cabinet the men were engaged in fighting one fire and were overtaken by another. They were fighting a fire from above and a fire started below them and swept up to them. Four of the party lost their heads and all four were burned. The others saved their lives by crouching close to the ground. The victims besides Strong and Bourrett were two men by the name of Williams and Feese, who joined the service at Thompson Falls.
A younger brother of Strong went to Trout Creek Monday, saying that he felt sure something had happened to his brother. When he got there he found his brother had been burned to death. He brought his brother's remains and those of Bourrett to Sandpoint.
The death of Bourrett was particularly sad. He was only 26 years of age and was to have been married next month to Miss Anna Good of this city, who is prostrated with grief over the death of her fiance. Bourrett had two sisters living in Massachusetts and a cousin at Seattle but his father and mother have been dead for several years. One of the sisters, Mrs. E. P. Gillman, who resides at Springfield, Mass., was wired Wednesday of her brother's death and sent word back to have the body buried here. The address of the other sister and the cousin of the deceased are unknown to Miss Good and her mother and they could not be communicated with.
The funeral was held from Brower's undertaking rooms at 10:00 this morning. Rev. Robert Warner officiating. Interment was at Lakeview cemetery.
Arrangements for the burial of George Strong have not been completed.
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Young Men Were Working With Crew of Fire Fighters in Trout Creek Country.
The charred remains of two young men, George Strong and Andrew G. Bourrett, were brought to this city Wednesday evening and taken to the Brower undertaking rooms. They were victims of forest fires in Montana. Strong's mother, Mrs. Albert Haney, resides at Ponderay. Bourrett was a resident of this city and had been employed at one time at the Superior hotel. He left here last week stating that he intended going to Missoula and joined a squad of fire fighters there. Strong joined the forestry fire service at Thompson Falls.
The young men lost their lives fighting fire 14 miles inland from Trout Creek, in Swamp creek gulch. There were 15 in the party. As was the case at Cabinet the men were engaged in fighting one fire and were overtaken by another. They were fighting a fire from above and a fire started below them and swept up to them. Four of the party lost their heads and all four were burned. The others saved their lives by crouching close to the ground. The victims besides Strong and Bourrett were two men by the name of Williams and Feese, who joined the service at Thompson Falls.
A younger brother of Strong went to Trout Creek Monday, saying that he felt sure something had happened to his brother. When he got there he found his brother had been burned to death. He brought his brother's remains and those of Bourrett to Sandpoint.
The death of Bourrett was particularly sad. He was only 26 years of age and was to have been married next month to Miss Anna Good of this city, who is prostrated with grief over the death of her fiance. Bourrett had two sisters living in Massachusetts and a cousin at Seattle but his father and mother have been dead for several years. One of the sisters, Mrs. E. P. Gillman, who resides at Springfield, Mass., was wired Wednesday of her brother's death and sent word back to have the body buried here. The address of the other sister and the cousin of the deceased are unknown to Miss Good and her mother and they could not be communicated with.
The funeral was held from Brower's undertaking rooms at 10:00 this morning. Rev. Robert Warner officiating. Interment was at Lakeview cemetery.
Arrangements for the burial of George Strong have not been completed.
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