New York Daily People, February 17, 1902, p. 3. DOG USES PIANO TO GIVE ALARM Paoli, Indiana, February 15-A dog with almost human intelligence averted what might have been a disastrous fire at the home of John R. Patton on North Gospel Street, Wednesday night. The family had retired for the night and left the dog in a room where a kerosene lamp was turned low and left burning. The household was awakened several hours later by discordant notes from the piano, and on entering the room in which the dog was confined, it was found to be in flames. The dog, aware of the impending danger, had walked back and forth over the keys of the piano or stood on his hind legs and pounded the keys with his fore paws. The fire was extinguished with slight loss.