NEWSPAPERS: Death of James Alvon White in house fire, Jackson County, Oregon *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with United States Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by noncommercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Corethers 15 May 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail, Friday, 21 Apr 1893, p. 2 The residence of Charles White was burned to the ground, together with all its contents on Thursday, April 13. One of the children, a boy about 6 years old, was in bed asleep, and was burned to death before he could be rescued. The two older boys had made a fire and were at the barn doing chores. A spark caught some carpet rags which were drying. The hired girl was the first to notice it, and after being driven out by the flames she aroused Mr. and Mrs. White. Chas. endeavored to extinguish the flames but was driven back. In retreating he left the door open, and the bedroom was soon a mass of flames. They managed to escape with one child through a window. Mrs. White returned for the other one, and after being almost fatally burned about the face and hands she thought she saw the child outside, and she escaped. A prospector, whose name we did not learn, wrapped a blanket around his head and made a heroic effort to save the child, but he, too, was driven back, and being knocked down by the fire, was compelled to crawl to the window and escape. The remains were buried at Rock Point, where a large crowd of friends followed to see the last sad rites performed. Transcriber's note: Rock Point Cemetery Index lists a James Alvon White, age eight years, four months and three days, at the time of death on 13 April 1893.