The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-26
Father Working in Field and
Mother at a Neighbor's
House Catches Afire and
Baby Was cremated.
ONE LITTLE BOY ESCAPED
THREE YEAR OLD LAD TRiEp 70
SAVE SISTER suT WA8 PRG-
VENTED ~ THE FALLING o.
KITCHEN cElIlN0

Albert Jarrett, = farmer living two
miles east OF Economy. today facss
the world stunned almost without
hope. The brilliant lights and colors
of an Indian summer day are merely
shadows to him.
Late yesterday afternoon Jarrett's
home burned down. Some where IN
the ruins Of the little log house ,aro
the ashes Of his baby daughter. Bos-
sic. one year old.
At the home Of I neighbor. Addison
Chenoweth. Hes his wifes srief.nnadr
dened. her face and hands horribly
burned and her hair scared from hse
head.
His possessions except tho cloth
ing on the hacks Of himself. his wife
and three surviving childron-are 8
ashes.
His only comfort are the three enIIor
rem spared - him By IN unlEin6 fa1o
and % he wanders first u thA ruin1
LOT his sh0ns-where lie the psh4g 0e'
his youngest born. then TO tho bedside
OF his delirious wife. his llttle oneA.
follow. clutching tightly 70 his cloth-
Ing, fearing they may Iose him.
Two chlidrsn q ocheei.
Yesterday afternoon shout $50 AZ
bert Jarrett was working In the field
for q neighbor. some distance from
his home. The two oldest children
were at school at WILLIAMSBURG. Nrs.
Jarrett, leaving her baby daughter and
her youngest son, about three years
old, In the house, went to the Chen
oweth home, some 800 yards away. 70
draw pitcher OF water from the well.
flames shooting from the roof Of her
home. Horrihed, she sped % rapidly
as possible to the burning cabin. She
saw he rlittle boy running about the
building screaming. Sister Il IN
there" he shrieked.
| With scream OF despair. Mrs.. Jar.
rett tried to enter the building By the
front door but . sheet Of flame shot
out. burning her face and scorching
the hair from her head. Once again,
with the desperation Of mothsT-loyo.
the woman sought entrance to the
house to save or die with her baby.
lOnce again the flames repulsed her
land she fell unconscious.
Then aid came Charles BaIlingef
and Hobart Durbin were the flrst -
lreach the scene. Then the crew Of Z
Ipassing G. 4 o. freight train arrived.
But none OF the men were able to rem
Ider assistance beyond caring for Mrs..
jarrett and her three-year-old son.
4 4~-vH< Rnxv fMys
| It was nearly half m hour before
Jarrett arrived. The sight that greet
led his eyes craxed him with anguish.
Force was required to prevent him
from entering the burning cabin, By
this time nearly gutted. to search for
his baby. Restrained from this use-
less action Jarrett threw himself by
1.-THE side Of his unconscious wife and
lsobbed with the agony Of broken
heart
/ Tried 70 8ave sister.
Little Will Jarrett, Who escaped
from the burning building. stated tha&
the last he saw Of his baby Sister she
twas standing by the kitchen cupboard.
II tried to save sister," sobbed thu
gallant little fellow. but ! couldn't
Iget her out The ceiling Tell and then
Il lost her. don't know how gul
Iout"
i The lads statement that tho ceiliDa
fell leads TO the belief that the ArG
Originated In the garret. probably from
Ia defective nue. Burning embers ~
fire to the woodshed IN the rear q
the house. destroying It, but the barn
WAS saved.
Irett, az result Of her burns and ths
terrible nervous shock, II in most
Iprecari0us condition. Mr.. Jarrett Il
also under the care Of . physician =
1.-THE result Of the shock he experienced.
1.-THE Jarrett's formerly lived On . farm
lnear Lynn L