Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Anthony, Carroll Marvin 1946
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Independent Enterprise 1-31-1946
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, January 31, 1946
 
TWO SMALL BOYS BURN TO DEATH IN HOME BLAZE
 
One Dies At Hospital Later After Heroic Attempt By Howard Russell to Save His 
Life
 
Carroll, 2, and Richard, 4, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Anthony were both 
dead Wednesday night as a result of a fire which completely destroyed the 
family home in South Payette Wednesday.
 
The younger boy died in the blazing home, while Richard succumbed later at a 
hospital after a heroic attempt had been made to save his life by Howard 
Russell who crawled into the blazing home and carried the youngster out.
 
The fire was discovered by Russell who was driving by with a truck load of 
gravel.  He ran to the building and tried to get into it and as he was doing 
so Mrs. Anthony appeared from a neighbors house where she had been visiting 
and told him that her two sons were in bed in the home.  Russell then crawled 
into the blazing home, located Richard from the low moans he was making, 
picked up the lad, bed clothes and all and carried him out.  He then tried to 
go back for Little Carroll who was in the crib but by that time the fire was 
too hot for him to enter.  In getting into the home Russell cut an artery in 
his arm and he was treated later for the injury by Dr. I. R. Woodward.
 
In the meantime Earl Drinkwine appeared on the scene and took the injured 
youngster and the mother to the local hospital.  Two small boys who had been 
attracted to the burning home turned in the fire alarm.
 
Fireman later recovered the body of little Carroll from his badly charred crib.
 
It was one of the worst fire tragedies to occur in this city in years.
 
After being taken to the local hospital Mrs. Anthony was later transferred to 
the hospital at Ontario where she gave birth to a son last night.  Her 
condition was fair according to a report direct from the hospital this morning.
 
Mr. Anthony is a laborer employed at a local packing house.

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