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PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Agnes Foran, aged 12,
Home before the explosion 12 Merkel St., now at 108 North Park St. Very small and slight. Fair hair and blue eyes. Frail in appearance.

On the morning of the 6th, Agnes and her mother were upstairs watching the fire apparatus going down Kenny St. They could see the fire but could not tell what was burning. Mrs. Foran said that Agnes had better not start for school until they saw the fire apparatus going back. She was afraid that the school might be burning and she did not want Agnes to go while there was any danger. They were looking through the window when, according to Agnes, "the sky opened". Mrs. Foran screamed and said "The end of the world's here." They were knocked down on the floor. The windows were blown in and things were smashed up a good deal, but the house did not collapse. Agnes picked herself up and called "Where is the baby?" Her mother said he was downstairs, so Agnes ran down, and found her three-months old brother perfectly safe in his carriage. She called up to her mother that the baby was all right and Mrs. Foran told her to come up and help her downstairs as she could not see. Agnes went up and led her mother down. Then she got cloths and water for her mother and helped her bathe her eyes and cuts. When Mrs. Foran realized that she was really blind, she got Agnes to take her outdoors and she stood there and called for help, while Agnes went into the house and got the baby. Agnes left the baby with her mother and went about the