Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1915 — FIRE IS FATAL TO THREE. [ARTICLE]

FIRE IS FATAL TO THREE.

Fowler Colored Mother Dies in Vain Effort to Save Children. Fowler, Ind., Oct. 18.—Mrs. Dave Blakely, colored, died of burns Sunday, suffered in a vain attempt to save her two children, Harold, age three, and Adonis, age two, from being burned to death Saturday night. The father also was severely burned trying to save the children, who were enveloped in flames when a can of coal oil exploded when the father was pouring the oil on a fire.. The Blakely home was partly burned, its destruction being prevented by a bucket brigade.