Kash Strong, 26, farmhand, attempted to save William, 5, and Ona Burden, 3, from burning, Muir, Kentucky, January 2, 1911. The children were alone in their home when it caught fire. Strong ran to the house and broke open a door, and dense smoke poured forth. He crawled into the room and across to a bed and then, finding no one on the bed, returned to the open air. He ran around the house and entered a room that was filled with smoke and was intensely hot. The ceiling was blazing, and there were spots of fire on the walls. He crawled across the room to a red?hot stove and found William near it, in a corner. He carried the child out of the house and immediately re?entered the room to look for Ona. He crawled to the stove and then returned to the door for air. After taking one or two breaths, he crawled around two sides of the room and found Ona behind a door. By that time, the walls were ablaze and strips of burning paper hung from the ceiling nearly to the floor. Strong dragged Ona outside, and within a minute afterward the roof fell. Both children were badly burned and died that night. Strong’s hair was singed, and the back of his neck was blistered. 5976-844
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