The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-19
ROASTED ALIVE.
Mrs Mary Ludeman Fatally
Burned.
Her Clothing Ignites from a Case
line Stove.

Yesterday Just at noon an alarm of fire
was turned In from the neighborheod of
Sixth and Vermont st-t cts, which caused
a general stamp de OF citiz ms to that To-
cality and brought out the fire departm, mt.
But while the services of the latter were
not required, the cause of the alarm proved
10 be more serious than that of the burn
ing of Building.
MRS. MARY LUDEMAN,
the young wife of John Dudeman and
daughter OF Charles Yost the we'll known
groc ~ man, while engaged preparing the
noon meal had by some mesrs allowed her
clio hing to become ignited from the stove,
and when the reporter arrived she
was burned almost to crisp,
snd suffering untold agonies.
As she was alone at the time of the acct
dent no one is sblr to tel exactly how il
occurred as the o0ly starement she seemed
able TO make was. that il bursted. But as
the stove is intact this could not have
been the case. Some stare she was ensa led
Fl ling he tank, Others that The cups oyer
flowed as she wss in The act of IL, ting the
gas, and still others, that a detect in the sp
,rnius was the cause CT the accident. An
other theory advanc d is, that her clothing
brushed one OF the stops as size passed the
stove causing heavy fow OF OIL and gas.
But Whatever The cause,
THE RESULT WAS TERRIBLE
Findirg herself endangered Mrs Lude-
man rus ed 10 the BID ard att-mptpd to
roll herself up in the bed clothes and
smother tie flames, bat so intense was her
suffering she fOnnd it impossible 10 do so AID
after communicating the FIRE to the ted
she rushed into the yard calling for help.
Mr.. Grant Menefes, who was passing at the
time, saw her and going to her assistance,
threw several psils OF water upon her and
securing some bed clo:hing succeeded, with
the aid of Geo'ge Terrell and others. who
soon sft arrived, in extinguishIng the
fire on her person after she had been
burned in a most horrible manner from
head to foot. Finding
THE BUILDING THREATENED,
the gentlemen turned their attention to
putting out the fire in the room which
they succer ded In doing before tie arrival
OF The fire department DIS. King snd |
Small were soon at the side of the suffering
woman and did all that medic,l skill |
could accomplish toward relieving |
her from her terrible sufferings |
But so severe are her burns that there is |
little hope for her recovery. Mrs Yost,
her mother, who is in delicate health. wss
so overcome on learning of the fate of her
daughter that she was completely pres
trated and is r, ported in critical c.ndi.
ton also. Mis-. Ludemsn, at late hour
last evening, was still alive, but suffering
untold agonies. Her young husband aud
family have the sympathy OF all under the
terrible blow.
LATER.
Shortly after midnight Wednesday night,
Mrs. LGdeman, wife of john Ludeman, an
account of whose fatal burning was gwen
in yesterdays BAzoo. breath. d her last, sur
rounded by her family and friends. She
was con cious up TO the time of her death,
but SO great was her suffering il was i'm
possible for her TO give any detailed state
meJt IS TO how the fearful accident hap
pened. From the Rest information thai
can be obtsined, h viewer, it is believed she ;
rad emptied The can of ga-oline into the !
while the FIRE was still burning ]
nd bad sat the empty can upon the floor, +.
he S from which drew the blaze cut and =,
-mmunicahd it TO her clothing This !
heory is based upon the fact that the =
imply can WIS found in that position and !,
he reservoir had been freshly illsd.
Mrs, Ludeman was about "a years OF age I
nd a natl 'e of Pett;s County, her parents,
Ir. and Mrs. Chas. Yost, having re ided
n Pettis county for thirty-nine years. She
Ias a woman OF rare culture anu many no.
'e traits, devoted wife, and beloved and ,
expected by all who knew her for her kind
nd charitable disposition and christian
fe. She has been married about seven
ears, but leaves no children. Her sudden
nd untimely death has cast a gloom over p
ne entire community, and rendere incon- a
olable her large circle of relatives and .,
tends in the city and county. The funeral &
i'll take place to-day at 2 p. ~, from the
esidence to the German Evangelical
hurch on Main street, of which she was a
evoted and consistent member, where the r.
neral services viii be conducted by Rev. =,
d. E. Klinfpe, pastor, after which -
lie remains will be conveyed to the city -
,metery for interment. =.
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