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"6 Brothers, Cousin Trapped by Blaze in Indian Reserve", p. 1

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6 Brothers, Cousin Trapped By Blaze In Indian Reserve BY BILL OO&FIELD Free Pr- 8t&ff Beponer . SIX NATIONS RESERVE, Brantford, March 20- The bodies of seven Indian children, one a tiny baby, were removed this afternoon from the ashes of their home in which they were burned to death late yesterday. Six were children of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Henry and the seventh a nephew visiting from Buffalo. Sole survivor ia stocky, 14-year-old Marvin Henry who aroused the sleeping youngsters, leaped from an upstairs window in the two-storey frame home, and clothed only in shorts ran barefoot through the snow to aummon help. Dead are Catherine Henry, H months; Delano Henry, three years; Mary Louise Henry, nine, and A IV i D Henry, 11. Their cousin who died with them huddled at the foot of the atairs was Arthur Crawford, 15, a par- tial cripple. Mother Tells Sto17 The dued 39-year-old mother re1ted on a couch 1n the neighbor- ing home of Jake Bomberry thil afternoon and sobbed out her 1tory of l&lt night'• harrowing experi- ence. She had been visiUng the Bom- berry'a about 10.30 p.m., when fire ripped through her home and in 215 mlnutee took the Uvee of six of her eight children and all her poa- aeulona. Her other surviving child ii Irma, 18, who waa in Buffalo. Her huaband' la 1n Toronto. "I aaw the blue from thla win- dow (In the Bomberry home) and ran up the road," she 1&id. "But I oouldn't run v•ry well 1n the mud, although I tried and tried.• Boadl Mod-Blocked The reserve roads were patb1 of mud and aluab and Brantford fire englnea could not have got In if a call bad been made. The nearest telephone waa two milea away. "Kr. Harrl1 caught me u I reached my houae and said !don't IO near, lt'1 all over. They have 1topped hollering,'• Mn. Henry continued. The aurvlTlng boy, Manin, ran to the borne of Lawrence Harris, 900 yardl down the road and 1houted outside for help. The tem- perature wu 18 degrees and a atrong wind was blowing. Suffers Bum-. Shock He was suffering from bul'Dll, cuts to bill arm• and ahock. "All be could say when I ar- rived," the mother continued, "waa I tried to 1ave the baby, I tried to 1&ve the baby, but I couldn't." :Marvin wu wrapped In a blan· ket by Harris' two sons, Cecil and Albert, and Jake Bomberry, and carried a mile to the home of Frances Bomberry. He was tak«.n to Lady Wlllingdon H01pltal In Obllweken. Their arrival at the hospital was the first outside news. 'Whole Bouae Ablaae . "I ran to the bumlng house but there wu nothing I could do," Mr. Harris aaid. '"The whole house wu UnJa4.,ouPa.c_e~L:a>

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