Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — DOG FIGHTS WITH FIREMEN [ARTICLE]

DOG FIGHTS WITH FIREMEN

Canine Would Not Permit Them to Enter Blazing Tenement to Quench Flames. f. Philadelphia.—An old and feeble, but somewhaj determined dog created considerable excitement in a three-story tenement house at 623 Washington avenue, first by starting a -fire, then giving the alarm, and

lastly by beating back the firemen who came to extinguish the blaze. The troublesome animal is the property of Santo Accarito, who occupies the top floor of the house. While the occupants of the house were asleep the dog knocked a lamp from a table, setting fir© to the carpet. With loud barks the dog aroused his master, who quickly gave the alarm, and all in the house fled to the street, except the dog. When the firemen arrived and attempted to enter,, they found a very much excited canine standing in the doorway ready to repel boarders. Although somewhat senile, the dog showed a formidable row of teeth, and the firemen hesitated. Finally one, somewhat bolder than the rest, flung the dog to one side and the fire fighters entered.