Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1917 — MOCKING BIRD SAVES FOUR [ARTICLE]

MOCKING BIRD SAVES FOUR

Awakened by Shrill Whistle in Middle of Night, Family Escapes Death by Gas. The shrill whistle of a mocking bird saved the family of George Daglish of St. Louis from asphyxiation early one morning. ±=--.===. ===== The gas cocks of the kitchen range had been turned on while the family, consisting of Mr. Daglish and his wife, a son, eight years old, and a daughter, aged nine, were asleep on an upper floor. The mocking bird began whistling shrill notes and awoke Mrs, Daglish about one o’clock. She was partly overcome by the gas, but awakened her husband, who also was suffering from the fumes. The children then were aroused, and Daglish carried them into the yard, while windows and doors were thrown open. The mocking bird continued to whistle until Mrs. Daglish went into the kitchen and turned off The bird, Jim, is twelve years old and unusually large. “He is kept in a cage ifi the kitchen, but can open the door and fly about—He never before was known to make a noise at night, and the Dagllshes attribute their escape from death to his vigilance.