Obituary of AYRES, Irene  Harvey County, KS 1927
Evening Kansan-Republican, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, Tuesday, October 25, 
1927, Vol. XLIII, No. 226

TINY GIRL GAVE LIFE TO SAVE BABY BROTHER

Wichita, Kas., Oct. 25 AP - Irene Ayres, six-year-old first grade school pupil 
of Goddard, a small town near Wichita, today was credited with giving her life 
to save rher little six-weeks-old baby brother.

While her mother was washing some clothes Sunday, Irene cared for her little 
brother. She was carrying the baby in her tiny arms when she stumbled and fell 
into a washboiler filled with boiling water.

Irene held the baby out of the water so that he was burned only slightly when 
rescued by his mother, but the little girl herself was burned so severly, and 
probably shocked that she died last night.

Transcribed by Carrie Hall.

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