Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1912 — GIRL JUMPS; SAVES LIFE [ARTICLE]

GIRL JUMPS; SAVES LIFE

Farmer’s Daughter Leaps from Window'with Clothing Ablaze. Anderson, Ind„ Jan. 5. —Only by leaping from a high second story window after her clothing and Hair were in flames did Emily Glosser, sixteen years old, save her, life in the fire which destroyed the residence of her parents six miles west of the city. Mr. Glosser and bis daughter were the sole occupants of the house, others of the family having goneTbr a visit. The father rose early, leaving the daughter in bed, and went to his work. When she awoke the flames were all about her. She tried to get to the stairway, but was cut off by a wall of flames. As she hurried across the room to a window her hair and night clothing caught Are. without a moment’s hesitation she raised .the window and sprang to the ground eighteen feet below. She was badly burned about the face and hands, and her hair was burned to the scalp The origin of the Are is not .known. ALr_ Glosser had only recently built the house, which was one of the mrist modern farm residences in the county. The house and contents were destroyed, entailing a loss of $5,000, with small insurance. --