Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1915 — FATHER AND BROTHER KILLED IN AUSTRALIA [ARTICLE]

FATHER AND BROTHER KILLED IN AUSTRALIA

.i' . ' •Nick Avery Receives Letter Telling of the Death of Relatives in Lemburg Campaign.

Nick. Avery, 19 years of age and a native of Austria, received a letter last Saturday which brought the sad news that his father and olddr brother had lost their lives in the attack on Lemberg. Avery was working for John Summers, southeast of town, and was so worried when he received the letter that Mr. Summers thought he was losing his mind. He said that he was going to return to Austria and avenge their deaths. Mr. Summers told Him that he could not get over there as all ships were searched by British vessels, but he insisted that he would try. He set out for Rensselaer on foot and said he would go to Chicago and after conferring with relatives would go to New York and find a way to get back to his old home.

Instead of going to Chicago, however, he went to Pleasant Grove, where a reporter for The Republican talked with him over the telephone today, Wednesday. He said that he had decided not to try to go to Austria but was going to work for Fred Markin. He seemed entirely rational, but said that he was feeling very badly at the sad news.