Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-01
Fire in Kellogg's Building.

A Sad Event-A WOma n Terribly Burned Yesterday afternoon, shortly after the fire steamers had assembled and taken position on Temple street, in the old Green, for the appointed inspection an alarm of fire was struck from box 213. Many people were out, under awnings and in doorways and stores to keep out of the rain, waiting to see the fire department procession pass, and the general opinion was that the alarm was given as part of the programme, and the fremen hesitated for orders. It proved, however, that tragic affair had tkeen place. The alarm was occasioned by fire in A. A. Kel- legg's new block on State street, corner of Elm, in one of the apartments occupied by Mir. ". L. Swsetland and family. Mrs. Sweetland was engaged in trying new black ing mixture upon her range in the kitchen, and with it was using little turpentine and kerosene which she had in fruit jar, when suddenly she spilled few drops, which blazed up and set fire to the mixture in the jar, and in an instant she was enveloped in flames and the room was filled with a dense black smoke. She tried in vain to put out the fire and screamed for help, and then ran out, half stifed with the smoke, and down the side stairs. Her daughter, 8 miss of 16, seeing the smoke, ran down stairs into Kel- logg's gun store and told 0. W. Kellogg, brother of A. A. Kellogg (who was away in New York;, that the house was on fire, He rushed up the front stairs. and MT. Ives, the bolt maker, hearing the alarm, rushed up the side stairs and threw his overcoat over Mrs. Sweetland, who was coming down the stairs. She, in her agony, threw of the coat, and her mother, Al over her, which she also threw off. Mir. Kellogg and few others extinguished the flames, which had damaged the building about $50. The terribly burned woman was conveyed to q bed in the apartments of MT. and Mrs. George L. Streeter and attended by Dr. F. J. Whittemore and Dr. c. P. Lindsley. Her body and limbs and face were terribly burned. Her chest and back which were protected by corsets, alone escaped injury. It was feared that she would not recover. Her mothers hands were burned in trying to save her daughter. The damage to the furniture was slight. Mir. Sweetland is the well known manufacturer of lathe chucks, Union street. firm of W. l.. Sweetland 6 Co.,, and arrived at the scene few moments after the alarm, and was almost overpowered with grief at the sad event. The fire department was on the ground in about minute after the alarm struck, but were-not needed.
 Death of Mrs. sweetland.
 The lady who was so terribly burned by the accident in the Kellogg building was re- leased from her sufferings by death last even ing at about o'clock. MT. Sweetland, the husband, thinks that she was bur ned inter aally as she so constantly called for water and was unable to retain it upon her stomach She was not conscious for some time before her death, as she was put under the in6u- ence of morDhine to relieve her from the agony she would otherwise have endured.
 MT. Charles Kellogg says that it will be long time before he can forget the sight of the unfortunate lady wrapped in flames. The husband, MT. Sweetland. has the sympa- thy of the entire community in this calamity. It is 8 warning to all to be careful of benzine, which is as dangerous and more explosive than gunpowder.