Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1909 — DIES TO SAVE HER SISTER [ARTICLE]

DIES TO SAVE HER SISTER

Girl Rushes Into Burning Building and Faints Amid Flames. Indianapolis, June B.—Leta Williamson, eight years old, lost her life in an effort to rescue her baby sister, Irene, when fire broke out in Jj,er home. The girl failed in the attempt, but firemen rescued the baby as well as another sister. The Williamson family lived on the second floor of a barn. The mother was preparing supper when the flames broke out. Site seized Leta and rushed down the stairs. Forcing her way through the smoke between groping firemen, the child went hack for her baby sister/ But the baby was not to be found in the room where it had been playing. t The girl started to search the remaining four rooms, A policeman found her prostrate. She died in ftis arms as she was carried out of the building.