Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1911 — SAVES HOLY EUCHARIST [ARTICLE]

SAVES HOLY EUCHARIST

lowa Priest in Serious Condition from Burns in a Church Afire. - Brooklyn, la., Aug. 4.—Rushing into the burning chiirc-h building to rescue the holy eueharist from the altar, Rev. Father H. Roerhoss, a member of the order of White Fathers, was able to crawl from the building on his hands and knees, his clothing burned from his body, but with the sacred emblems of his faith securely in his grasp. He is in a critical condition at the parochial home.