| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
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| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
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Associated Press Fri 14-NOV-1986 00:13 Hero Cat
Pet Cat's Howls Credited With Saving Three Lives
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A howling cat saved three people from an
early morning fire, but the animal died, its owner said.
The fire swept through Arnie's Liquor and Food tavern about 5:30
a.m. Thursday, when the cat, named Morris, began howling and awoke
his owner in her second-floor apartment above the bar.
``Morris was in the kitchen howling and howling and he woke me
up,'' said Irene Machenhausen. ``I thought he was hurt. I'd never
heard him scream like that.''
Machenhausen said she ran across the smoke-filled hall to awaken
neighbor Wendy Nielsen.
``She came to the door clutching her baby girl and we went down
the stairs. We were both barefooted and all we had on were our
pajamas,'' Machenhausen said.
``I couldn't find Morris. He didn't get out,'' she said, her
voice cracking with emotion.
Firefighters found Morris, named after the star of cat-food
commercials, dead in a second-floor hallway.
Machenhausen said she took in the neighborhood stray 10 years
ago. ``He was a big, friendly cat,'' she said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, authorities said.
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Associated Press Wed 10-DEC-1986 01:20 BRF--Hero Cat
Cat Credited With Saving Family
GRANTHAM, N.C. (AP) - Morris, a family cat who died of smoke inhalation
in a fire, has been credited with saving the lives of four people. The
fire was discovered early Tuesday when Morris woke up Jim and Jennifer
Cox and their two daughters, the Wayne County fire marshal's office
said.
"He just started meowing real loud and everyone got up to find out what
was going on," Mrs. Cox said. "We realized there was a fire, and we
left the house. We tried to call him, but we didn't have much time. He
was a real nice cat and he loved us and we loved him."
The family was treated at Wayne Memorial Hospital for smoke inhalation,
and released. The cat died of smoke inhalation, authorities said.
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