Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1908 — Mrs. Minnie Meyers a Heroine. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Minnie Meyers a Heroine.

A Seattle, Wash., newspaper giving a detailed account of the burning of an orphans’ home about five miles from Seattle, was received this week by relatives of the matron of the school, Mrs. Minnie Meyers, and it gave Mrs. Meyers great eredit for the heroic effort she made to sajO the little orphans. Mrs. Meyers is the., widow of Louis Meyers, a brother to George F. Meyers, and she was formerly Minnie Dunn, aud was born and raised in Gillam township. There were twenty-five orphans in the in age from three weekis to 13 years. The fire occurred at night' and had made great headway when discovered. All the little ones were sleeping and the plucky matron, clad only in her night clothers, ran to the different rooms and aroused them. Many of them were passed down from upstairs rooms, and two were thrown out, one being caught by persons below aud the other landing Msly and unhurt in a mud puddle. Finally, all were out but two ] asleep iu little cribs and as Mrs. Meyers went for these the flanges burst into the room and over the sleeping forms. She started back and her escape was shut off by the flames coming up thel stairway. She jumped thru the. flames down the jide of the stair banister and fortunately alighted on her feet and was able to make her way out of the building althu frightfully burned about the shoulders, face and head, her clothing being burned off. Of the 25 inmates she had saved all but four, two perishing and two having been saved by another nurse in the building The paper praised her as a heroine. It was thought ahe would recover from the injuries she sustained.