Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1918 — FORMER GILLAM FARMERBURNED [ARTICLE]

FORMER GILLAM FARMERBURNED

ALGIE KAUFhiAN CAME NEAR DROWNING AFTER BEING SEVERELY BURNED. Algie Kaufman, until, a few years ago f one of * Gillam township’s best citizens, had a very narrow escape from death at his home on a farm near Valparaiso recently. The large barn on the farm upon which Mr. Kaufman lives caught fire and in rescuing the stock iMf. Kaufman’s clothes caught fire, and to keep from burning to death he ran and jumped into a large stock tank filled with water. He was so greatly exhausted from his efforts to rescue the stock that he was unable 'to get out of the tank, apd but for the arrival of assistance he would have drowned. Mr. Kaufman is a nephew of Charles Odom, of Gillam township, and his wif e is a sister of Mrs. George Logan, also of Gillam. We have no late word from Valparaiso, hut are In hopes that Mr. Kaufman’s burns are not serious.