Show SLEEPS IN FURNACE BURNED TO DEATH boy caught in in fires turned on at daylight Louls louisville vIlle albert lee greaver a twelve year old boy was so severely burned in a blast furnace of the national forge company here that he be died a few hours later his parents and a negro neero janitor at the plant are unable to explain how the youth happened to tie be inside the furnace which Is used for melting iron the negro janitor john jones fifty lighted the furnace at in the morning he told officials of the company A ball of fire leaped from the flaming interior a moment afterward he said flames flared up and filled the entire interior of the furnace according to the janitors version jones said he be walked away and then heard a se scream ream ue ile turned and the boy a flaming torch jumped from the opening the nearest object at band was a bucket of old rags which the janitor seized in hla his attempt to smother the flames ile he called for help and another employee hurriedly responded notifying the pollee police the boys clothes were burnt off and his hands bands face and body were severely scorched albert was unconscious tor for several hours houm lie ile talked to his mother a short time during a lucid interval and said he went into the tha room last night and lay down besides the furnace he fell asleep and when he awakened his clothes were on fire don dont cry mother the th youth called the furnace door through which albert escaped Is about two feet beet high and tour four and a halt half feet wide about a year ago the boy remained d away from home all night while a carnival was sho showing NNIng in the city and two or three times had spent the night in the family automobile in front of the house the mother said |