Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1913 — B. FORSYTHE PROVED A REAL FIRE HERO [ARTICLE]

B. FORSYTHE PROVED A REAL FIRE HERO

Scaled Ladder to Roof of Burning Kitchen and Made Successful Fight Against Flames. The courageous work of B. Forsythe saved the summer kitchen and. probably the entire residence property of Larkin Potts, in the northwest part of Rensselaer, this Thursday morning. Mrs. Potts was canning fruit in the summer kitchen and some paper behind the stove eaught fire and ascended to the roof by burning the old newspapers from the falls.' Mr, Forsythe happened to be going by the house in his automobile, returning from a trip to his farm, and saw the flames issuing from the roof. Mr. and Mrs. Potts had also discovered the flames, and having no telephone by which to call out the fire department, were making an effort to fight the fire and to rescue the things from the kitchen. Mr. Forsythe scaled a ladder to the roof of the kitchen and single handed assailed tlje flames. Buckets of water were passed to him and he soon had the fire under control. His work was heartily commended by neighbors, who were surprised to find him such an adept at fire fighting. r - ; Mr. Potts suffered some severe burhs about his hands while trying to save some things from the kitchen. / ■ . . »li. i 4- ■