Show DIED WITH HIS CHILDREN arkansas rk ansas father burned to death while trying to save his babes fernando walters and his three chi siren claude aged 14 gertie aged 12 and melvin aged 10 were burned to death in the destruction of he r home fourteen miles north of rogers ark A brother of mrs walters aged 15 was so seno isly burned that death Is expected hourly the fire was started by a sparl arora an open fireplace the father mother and four children slept downstairs upstairs were four boys walters got those downstairs out in safety and then rushed back to warn the boys unknown to him gertie followed wal upstairs through the e and flames and went to a room where she 1 ept her dolls the boys attempted to descend the stairs but the flames drove them back two jumped from the windows and were unhurt the last thing they heard was melvin the youngest boy begg ng his father to jump first just then the roof fell in killing walter melvin claude and gertie |