COUPLE BURNT TO DEATH
MAID SAVES BABY MAX BREAKS. FALL X BAY YORK. Aug. 10.—Mr William A doe and Alls Aden, who were well known in Xow York society, were burned to death yestci day win a a .lire destroyed their huge homo in the subuibs of Xow 'York. The heroism oi a young nursemaid and a volunteer fireman with a broken arm saved their i.S-monUns-old only soli. The fireman, who was employed as a handyman at an adjoining estate, smelling smoke, ran to the Aden's house and found one .end o! it in flames. He hoard a woman .screaming alid saw the nursemaid standing ■at tiie nursery window, Vl7ft. above the giound, and Holding the baby, in her armsThe fireman, whose right arm was in a sling, shouted, “Jump,” and the nursemaid unhesitatingly obeyed. 'The nursemaid and the baby crashed down on the fireman, who broke their fall by catching them mi his left side.
'The fireman and the nursemaid were stunned, hut the baby was not hurt-.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 87, 21 September 1938, Page 1
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169COUPLE BURNT TO DEATH Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 87, 21 September 1938, Page 1
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