Collie Dog Is Hero In Fire That Destroys Home, Taking Four Lives
Johnson's wife and three children were fatally burned, and after the fire died down the dog was found some distance away with burns expected to prove fatal.
mother. She died in an attempt to rescue her two small children in another room.
Meanwhile the dog ran inside again to the sleeping place of Arnold Hedigar, another tenant. Hedigar jumped to his feet as a howling, barking creature sank its teeth in his wrist and then was gone.
Willie Stephens was asleep in the rear of a truck. He was to start for Nashville an hour later. Into the truck went "Collie" and Stephens was brought to the ground by the frenzied animal.
Then, as the two men ran to the fire, "Collie," dashed by them and leaped time and again in an attempt to gain entrance to the Gasser home.
After the fire which fatally burned Johnson's wife and three children had died down, "Collie" was found where he had crawled some distance away, suffering burns which are expected to prove fatal.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Collie Dog Is Hero In Fire That Destroys Home, Taking Four Lives
Johnson's wife and three children were fatally burned, and after the fire died down the dog was found some distance away with burns expected to prove fatal.
mother. She died in an attempt to rescue her two small children in another room.
Meanwhile the dog ran inside again to the sleeping place of Arnold Hedigar, another tenant. Hedigar jumped to his feet as a howling, barking creature sank its teeth in his wrist and then was gone.
Willie Stephens was asleep in the rear of a truck. He was to start for Nashville an hour later. Into the truck went "Collie" and Stephens was brought to the ground by the frenzied animal.
Then, as the two men ran to the fire, "Collie," dashed by them and leaped time and again in an attempt to gain entrance to the Gasser home.
After the fire which fatally burned Johnson's wife and three children had died down, "Collie" was found where he had crawled some distance away, suffering burns which are expected to prove fatal.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Collie Dog Is Hero In Fire That Destroys Home, Taking Four Lives
Johnson's wife and three children were fatally burned, and after the fire died down the dog was found some distance away with burns expected to prove fatal.
mother. She died in an attempt to rescue her two small children in another room.
Meanwhile the dog ran inside again to the sleeping place of Arnold Hedigar, another tenant. Hedigar jumped to his feet as a howling, barking creature sank its teeth in his wrist and then was gone.
Willie Stephens was asleep in the rear of a truck. He was to start for Nashville an hour later. Into the truck went "Collie" and Stephens was brought to the ground by the frenzied animal.
Then, as the two men ran to the fire, "Collie," dashed by them and leaped time and again in an attempt to gain entrance to the Gasser home.
After the fire which fatally burned Johnson's wife and three children had died down, "Collie" was found where he had crawled some distance away, suffering burns which are expected to prove fatal.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Collie Dog Is Hero In Fire That Destroys Home, Taking Four Lives
Johnson's wife and three children were fatally burned, and after the fire died down the dog was found some distance away with burns expected to prove fatal.
mother. She died in an attempt to rescue her two small children in another room.
Meanwhile the dog ran inside again to the sleeping place of Arnold Hedigar, another tenant. Hedigar jumped to his feet as a howling, barking creature sank its teeth in his wrist and then was gone.
Willie Stephens was asleep in the rear of a truck. He was to start for Nashville an hour later. Into the truck went "Collie" and Stephens was brought to the ground by the frenzied animal.
Then, as the two men ran to the fire, "Collie," dashed by them and leaped time and again in an attempt to gain entrance to the Gasser home.
After the fire which fatally burned Johnson's wife and three children had died down, "Collie" was found where he had crawled some distance away, suffering burns which are expected to prove fatal.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Collie Dog Is Hero In Fire That Destroys Home, Taking Four Lives
Johnson's wife and three children were fatally burned, and after the fire died down the dog was found some distance away with burns expected to prove fatal.
mother. She died in an attempt to rescue her two small children in another room.
Meanwhile the dog ran inside again to the sleeping place of Arnold Hedigar, another tenant. Hedigar jumped to his feet as a howling, barking creature sank its teeth in his wrist and then was gone.
Willie Stephens was asleep in the rear of a truck. He was to start for Nashville an hour later. Into the truck went "Collie" and Stephens was brought to the ground by the frenzied animal.
Then, as the two men ran to the fire, "Collie," dashed by them and leaped time and again in an attempt to gain entrance to the Gasser home.
After the fire which fatally burned Johnson's wife and three children had died down, "Collie" was found where he had crawled some distance away, suffering burns which are expected to prove fatal.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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