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Show A CHILD BADLY BURNED. His Wni, Byes, Arms, Back and Lower Limbs Seriously Scorched. the .lellmla I lisle lliinl.iril lajlou lluenril li, III. Intlir,'. Ilarn Mlilrli lln Ilrril hr (lilljeen. l'eole realdlui; in the vlolnlty of No. 4)4 Houtlt Becoud West streit weru atartled by a series of screams, shortly before uuu today from a party of small children who had been play In In therenrof the premises Indicated Indi-cated in barn owned by Mr. Newell H.lJIajtoii. riiei Ural mini lu tako lu the sltuatlou waa a Mr. 1'oultou, wlnau ilacu of lueluiasad'olu llio CIylouproxrtf, Beveral children weru In lite yard an I all uf Ilium wiretcroatjy oxu ted and they polnlid to the barn from which toiiKUe of flrunud iluuuaur imoku uow broke firth. Mr. 1'oultou sur-mlsetl sur-mlsetl liiuy inonnt that some if thitr number muat be wllhlu the burnliii; building and ho haiteued to It Juat 111 time tu see Dunford, the three.) ear-old 'sou of Mr. and Mr. Claytoo endeavoring to e.capo throuKh anueuluir lu tho wall ab ut five feel abovu tlio ground. The little fellow waa hanitlng hiroloally ou to the piece of timber which rau airtua theboltumof Ihu upeuliiK aud vainly altemited to get over II, Ihu llru waa all arunu I him and.lila olothlug was a nisss uf Uamis, the hair from thu back of hla huud alrtady belni; burned oil. Just a. liu was about tu sink lack eiltoutted nnd helpleaa lie waa caught by Mr, J'liultou aud larrletl some distance uwoy wherutho llamea were exllugulahud and tho boy turned over to hla grief stricken mother and a number of lady friends. It waa fjuud that His un-firluuatu un-firluuatu llttlu ihap waa badly burned about thu head, nick, arms, hack aud lower limbs, Uo waa tendirly carried Into Ihu home where he was awatbud lu bauduies saturated with auih lluulds aa are known to bei 1 uuoilclal lu nliordlng relief lu such cues. In thu liu antlmu tho flredeparlmonl bau luell lallul out aud extinguished thellames, which had completily dr-troyed dr-troyed the barn lw foru It arrival. Il Is aald that the llru was tUtltd by some of the children who weru Uylinr; with uutihes. 'Ihu bulUluir I. a com plete loan, aa there waa no lusurauce u ou It, Mr, Clayton waa absent from home when the llru occurred, and when n Nrws reporter vis ted the I lace this afternoon hu had not returned. re-turned. Ihu Injure it child was recti vlug every posslblu attention from lovlug handa. |