Minnie L. Meyers, 44, matron, saved Annie Glover, 6; Charles Church, 3; and Frank Martin, 2, from burning, Riverton, Washington, December 28, 1907. Being awakened at 2 a.m. by an alarm of fire, Mrs. Meyers aroused the children in the girls’ and boys’ dormitories on the second floor of a children’s home and led them out to safety. To get Annie, Charles, and Frank, she re-entered the building twice. The last time, her own escape was cut off by the fire, and she was compelled to go close to the flames and let herself drop through the stair opening to the first floor. She sustained deep burns of neck, back, and hands. 2459-208
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