People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — A Thirteen-Year-Old Hero. [ARTICLE]

A Thirteen-Year-Old Hero.

Greenup, 111.. Aug. 22.—The f,-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hutsill, four miles west of this city, narrowly escaped death in a burning barn yesterday. George Smith, 13 years old. rescued the child, burning himself badly about the hands. The Hutsill child may live, but is in a critical condition. He was at play in the barn when it caught fire. The building and contents, property of H. Bright, were entirely consumed. Two horses burned to death.