Show brave school mistress S her pupil from lury of flood miss 77 e E cottman traci er in the district school near barnson ne braska alone facing a torrent of water carrying trees dead animals and all the debris borne on a flood monday rescued the pupils of her school and preserved the bu iding itself from what seemed inevitable destruct on without warn ng the white river overflowed its banks surrounded the school building and threatened to carry it away miss cottman waded in water wa st deep to where a horse was p cheated some d stance away returning with the an mal she hessed the horse to the building which was shaken from its foundas ons and the horses strength held the school house in place help came from the neighbors in three quarters of an hour |