Contributor Mary Acheron #47138760 provided the following:
Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 27 December 1888:
Young Hero Killed
John Bryan Returns To A Burning Building To Obtain Clothing And Perishes.
Nebraska City, Nebraska, December 27 - A farm house seven miles southeast of here occupied by Ashbury Bryan, his wife and six children was destroyed by fire about two o'clock yesterday morning and John Bryan, about twenty-one years of age, perished in the flames. The family was awakened by the cries of one of the children and had just time to escape from the building. All except one little girl got out together and John returned and rescued her at the peril of his life. Then as his mother and the children were standing in the snow barefooted and in their night dresses, the young hero went back to get clothes for them. While in the burning building he was overcome by the heat and his body was found just inside a door burned to a crisp. Mrs. Bryan waded four miles through the snow in her bare feet before securing help.
Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 27 December 1888:
Young Hero Killed
John Bryan Returns To A Burning Building To Obtain Clothing And Perishes.
Nebraska City, Nebraska, December 27 - A farm house seven miles southeast of here occupied by Ashbury Bryan, his wife and six children was destroyed by fire about two o'clock yesterday morning and John Bryan, about twenty-one years of age, perished in the flames. The family was awakened by the cries of one of the children and had just time to escape from the building. All except one little girl got out together and John returned and rescued her at the peril of his life. Then as his mother and the children were standing in the snow barefooted and in their night dresses, the young hero went back to get clothes for them. While in the burning building he was overcome by the heat and his body was found just inside a door burned to a crisp. Mrs. Bryan waded four miles through the snow in her bare feet before securing help.
Contributor Mary Acheron #47138760 provided the following:
Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 27 December 1888:
Young Hero Killed
John Bryan Returns To A Burning Building To Obtain Clothing And Perishes.
Nebraska City, Nebraska, December 27 - A farm house seven miles southeast of here occupied by Ashbury Bryan, his wife and six children was destroyed by fire about two o'clock yesterday morning and John Bryan, about twenty-one years of age, perished in the flames. The family was awakened by the cries of one of the children and had just time to escape from the building. All except one little girl got out together and John returned and rescued her at the peril of his life. Then as his mother and the children were standing in the snow barefooted and in their night dresses, the young hero went back to get clothes for them. While in the burning building he was overcome by the heat and his body was found just inside a door burned to a crisp. Mrs. Bryan waded four miles through the snow in her bare feet before securing help.
Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 27 December 1888:
Young Hero Killed
John Bryan Returns To A Burning Building To Obtain Clothing And Perishes.
Nebraska City, Nebraska, December 27 - A farm house seven miles southeast of here occupied by Ashbury Bryan, his wife and six children was destroyed by fire about two o'clock yesterday morning and John Bryan, about twenty-one years of age, perished in the flames. The family was awakened by the cries of one of the children and had just time to escape from the building. All except one little girl got out together and John returned and rescued her at the peril of his life. Then as his mother and the children were standing in the snow barefooted and in their night dresses, the young hero went back to get clothes for them. While in the burning building he was overcome by the heat and his body was found just inside a door burned to a crisp. Mrs. Bryan waded four miles through the snow in her bare feet before securing help.
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son of A.G. & M.E. Bryan. Aged 21 years, 5 months & 11 days.
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