The Cook County herald., 1905-11-04
SAVES ELVES Of FOUR YOUNG
ER CHILDREN.

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Sunday night, for it is due TO his brav.
Dry. his absolute disregard of all danger
70 himself, that some young lives were
not snuffed out by the devouring flames.
It 10 doubtful it there are many men
Who, under similar II ;umstauces, could
have done a. nobly as this young boy
did. It may, therefore, be we'll regarded
as miraculous escape for the children.
Mr.. Jackson was detained at the livery
office late that evening. At eleven
the other children being in bed aud fast
asleep, Mrs. Jackson sent Archie to lie
down with the two younger ones while
she stepped down to the Office to walk
home with her husband. The boy also
was soon lost in Sunderland.
The terrors OF that night have plainly
left their impress upon the young hero's
mind and he is disinclined to talk about
the fire. When questioned he told his
story plainly, being evidently unaware
that there was anything remarkable
about the part he played in the affair
He said:
'The baby crying woke me up
first. I could see fire in the bed.
room then but I thought I was only
dreaming and went to sleep again.
Pretty soon the baby woke me up
again. He was crying harder than
ever. Then I could see the house
was on fire. There was fire all over
the ceiling of the bedroom. jump
ed out of bed, but couldn't wait to
dress, and I took baby and Helen
and carried them out to the gate. I
told them to stay there and went
in and ran upstairs for Inga and
Mabel and brought them down:
Then I thought of mama's watch and
wanted to save it for her. I went
into the house again but there was
so much fire and smoke that I
couldn't get to the bureau and had
to come out without it. When I
got back to the gate Mabel was
gone and they told me she ran into
the house, I went up stairs and
found her there. I took hold of her
and started down. The smoke was
SO thick that we couldn't see and
We could hardly breathe. But I
hung onto her and we both fell near
]y all the way down STAIRS"
Talking with his parents he said:
wonder what Eddie will think. (Eddi
is an older brother who is with relative
at Chicago Bay.) It is a good thing I
wasn't at home. He would have lost q
his clothes, too"
At about the time that Archie oau
out with his sister Mr.. Ramstad,
neighbor, arrived on the scene. I'll
flames had then made such progre
that he could not enter the building
save anything so he turned his attentit
to the children, who were attired on
in their night clothes and were standir
huddled together on the porch. F
brought them to B. A. Rude's residenc
where they were taken in and cared fe
All Of this happened in an excee
ingly short time. When the cry
fire reached Mr.. Jackson's ears he can
out on the street to see his home ma
OF flames. With all his strength he r,
up the hill expecting to find his childr.
in the house. He burst in the fro
door and started up stars but was owe
come by the heat and smoke before
reached the upper landing and he VI
forced to return. When Mrs. Jacks<
arrived she, too, was in a pitiable sta
Of terror, and it was with difficulty th
she was restrained from rushing into Il
building, while Mr.. Ramstad, who h.
returned from Rude's, tried to expla
to the terrified parents that the childrt
we're safe. ~
Within half an hour after the Fl
started the house and all of it's conten
were in ashes. Included in the loss We
papers representing value of $500 al
about $50 in money. Ali the men
town were quickly gathered at the fl
but there was nothing that oould
1 done tO atom tha destruction II