Pilger, Neb., Aug. 10--Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Willers, seven miles west of Pilger, were burned to death about 11 o'clock this morning, when an older child playing with matches set fire to the barn.
Mrs. Willers made an effort to rescue the children and became very near being trapped in the building herself, when the roof was almost entirely consumed by the flames.--Norfolk News
...The Creighton News 12 Aug 1915
Pilger, Neb., Aug. 10--Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Willers, seven miles west of Pilger, were burned to death about 11 o'clock this morning, when an older child playing with matches set fire to the barn.
Mrs. Willers made an effort to rescue the children and became very near being trapped in the building herself, when the roof was almost entirely consumed by the flames.--Norfolk News
...The Creighton News 12 Aug 1915
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