Looking back: Five children die in house fire, toddler has spiked weed removed from lung and plane goes missing

IDAHO FALLS — EastIdahoNews.com is looking backmost astatine what life was for illustration during nan week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 successful eastbound Idaho history.

1900-1925

BURLEY — Five children died successful a location occurrence aft being near unsocial by their parents who went to a religion party, The Rigby Star reported connected Aug. 26, 1915.

The occurrence destroyed nan location of Mr. and Mrs. Tooth, who lived 3 miles southwest of Churchill successful Cassia County. Two 8 twelvemonth olds, a six, 4 and 2 twelvemonth aged died successful nan blaze.

“Mr. and Mrs. Tooth placed their 4 children … successful furniture together pinch nan 8-year-old girl of their neighbor, Julius Harrison, and pinch Mrs. Harrison, went to a Sunday schoolhouse statement astatine Churchill,” nan insubstantial explained.

It continued, “When astir a mile from home, they looked backmost and saw nan fire, but expected it to beryllium sagebrush burning. Later Mr. Tooth became worried and returned home, only to find nan location successful flames pinch each nan children inside.”

The children were recovered “in different parts of nan ruins, indicating they had endeavored to get out.”

“One small woman pinch nan babe successful her arms was wrong 2 feet of nan beforehand doorway and a small boy’s assemblage was recovered adjacent nan rear of nan house,” nan insubstantial stated.

It wasn’t clear really nan occurrence started, but nan insubstantial said location was an lipid stove and a scope successful nan kitchen. It was believed nan lipid stove had nary lipid successful it and nan occurrence was thought to beryllium retired successful nan range, but nan speculation was nan occurrence must person started from nan stove.

1926-1950

ISLAND PARK — A Pontiac car parked adjacent a compartment successful Island Park was stripped of tires while nan proprietor was sleeping, The Rigby Star reported connected Aug. 27, 1942.

The tires were removed astir 1 a.m., according to nan communicative of a witnesser who watched nan thieves successful action. The witness, according to reports, was sitting successful a car a short region distant from nan segment of nan crime.

“She stated she thought it was personification pinch tyre trouble, which was not nan lawsuit astatine nan clip but it surely provided existent for nan proprietor of nan car nan adjacent morning,” The Rigby Star wrote.

The article said, “People who spell retired for outings now should return heed and watch their cars intimately for galore will edifice to taking tires from cars truthful they whitethorn proceed to travel.”

1951-1975

IDAHO FALLS — A “delicate surgery” was performed connected a Rigby kid who needed a foxtail weed caput removed from his lung, nan Idaho Falls Post Register reported connected Aug. 30, 1951.

Dan Thorngren, 16-month-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. Vernal Thorngren, underwent room astatine nan Idaho Falls LDS Hospital.

“The tot apparently swallowed nan weed caput which is astir nan size of a shelled peanut past August 18 while astatine play successful his yard,” nan Post Register said. “The parents suspected this mightiness person been nan lawsuit but an x-ray grounded to disclose beingness of nan overseas object.”

It was not until later erstwhile he began to create pneumonia that “the fears were confirmed.”

“The foxtail caput which is studded pinch mini quills prevented nan tot from coughing up nan object,” nan article explained.

The boy was reported to beryllium successful “fairly bully condition” nan time aft his surgery.

1976-2000

SALMON — An airplane went missing adjacent Salmon, nan Idaho Falls Post Register reported connected Aug. 27, 1976.

Lewis C. Meeks, of Salmon, was nan head of 2 ranches successful nan Idaho Primitive Area. He was reported missing Thursday “on a ray level flight” from Salmon to 1 of nan ranches.

He reportedly took disconnected Wednesday evening successful a Cessna 260 connected a 70-mile formation to Root Ranch, northwest of Salmon.

Carol J. Jarvis, head of Salmon Air Taxi and impermanent on-scene hunt coordinator, said Meeks is “definitely down.” He was believed to person been unsocial successful nan plane, which was loaded pinch either oats aliases stone salt.

“The craft astir apt is mislaid betwixt a constituent westbound of Shoup connected nan main Salmon River, and nan Flying B and Root Ranches,” Jarvis said.

The Salmon Airport was notified Thursday that Meeks did not get arsenic scheduled, and Jarvis said 12 planes helped hunt nan distant area Thursday afternoon.

He said betwixt 15 and 20 planes from Boise, Idaho Falls, Challis, Salmon and California were expected to subordinate nan hunt Friday morning.