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Show DIED WITH HI8 CHILDREN. Arkansas Father Burned to Death While Trying to Save His Babes. Fernando Walters and his throo chll-dron, chll-dron, CInudo, nged 14; Gertie, aged 12, and Melvin, nged 10, wero burned to doath In tho destruction of their homo, fourteen mllos north of Rogers, Ark. A brother of Mrs. Walters, nged 1C, was so seriously burned that doath i is oxpected hourly. The flro was started by a spark from an open fireplace. Tho father, mother I nnd four cnlldron slept downstairs. Upstairs were four boys. Walters got ' those downstairs out in safety nnd then rushed bnck to warn tho boyB. Unknown to him Gertlo followed Wal-tors Wal-tors upstairs through tho smoke and flames, and went to a room whoro she kept her dolls. Tho boys attempted to descend tho stairs but tho llamos drove thorn bnck. I Two Jumped from tho windows and wore unhurt. The Inst thing they hoard was Molvln, tho youngest boy, begging his father to Jump first. Just then the roof fell In, killing Walters, Melvlu, Claude and Gertlo. |