Show gasow Ga BRAVE COOL A hoime fire de clops a in january lut a philadelphia tenement house w as burnsi burn ci tw 0 men were killed anil mikeial persons were badly injured while others escaped in an almost miraculous manner the fourth floor was occupied by the family of joseph the father and mother seem to inne been absent but alie fie at home all w ere t u ed through the braer and coolac s of the oldest of them a cirl of aghos IG hos conduct is briefly described by ord jenny zellers as dressing the children the youngest a mere babe iv ben a cloud of came into the room and at the same time the frantic cries of those below reached her ears hastily opening the door she saw the flames leaping up the stairway toward lier never hesitating she closed the door and calling the children together toge forced them up a ladder and through a trapdoor trap door to the roof they were ele abed high above the surrounding buildings and below them the flames were roaring v ith terrible fury still her presence of mind the brave girl brother a I 1 in of 14 to the roof of the house to alf auth it w as a fall of tea feet but th boy safely and then the girl bra cd the fire in her doomed home to secure a quantity of 1 eddina thib she threw to lier brother who arranged iton the roof and then one by one she dropped the other children the infant she took in her arms and leaped with it in safety to the bedding tn ext she broke a sk light in the root to M aich all had escaped and low ering the children through it they all reached the street |