FIRE SENSATION

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 25 May 1925, Page 6

FIRE SENSATION

PLUCKY RESCUE BY A FATHER

LITTLE CHILD SAVED FROM . • DEATH,

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WAIIII, This Day

Shortly after midnight on Saturday, a six-roomed dwelling, owned and occupied by Mr. John Munro, was totally destroyed by fire, and the contents, apart, from bagpipes and kilts, lost.

The inmates had to make a hasty exit, clad in night attire, one little girl having a narrow escape fw^n death. There were five children, whose ages ranged from three years to thirteen. The eldest, Ina, who slept in a side room was the first wr.ued by her father. Meanwhile the mother reported the others had got out safely, but when the tally came to be taken, it was found that Betty, aged nine, was missing. After searching for a means of entry, but without success, owing to the rapid spread of the fire, Mr.. Munro attacked the bedroom window, smashed the glass, tc-arinr away the framework.

The room' was full of smoke, but groping his way about he found his little, girl crouched up in a- corner. Gathering her up in his arms he found his way to the window and on to the verandah, but as the front steps were ablaze h4 had to jump with his charge from the verandah to the ground, ei"ht feet below.

Betty was then in a semi-conscious condition, having come near to suffocation. Tho child's eyebrows and lashes were burnt off, an-i she was blistered about the face and arms..

Tho honso was insured for £340 in the State Office, and the furniture- and effects for £200 in tho .Yorkshire office.