St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-10-24
FIRE AT THE CENTRE.
j. III. AppIebee'S House in Ruins.-Hi
Wife Fatally Burned.

j. H. AppIebee'S House in RuiuS-HiS
| Wife Fatally Burned.
]. H. Applebee's house, situated
about two miles north of the Centre
! on the new Boston road, was burned
to the ground Monday night and
Mrs. Applebee narrowly escaped be-
ing burned to death The fire caught
about 5 O'Clock and in very few
minutes the whole house was en-
veloped in flames
Mrs. Applebee manufactures fire
kinder known as Kerosoba and
| while preparing some of this in ket-
tie on the kitchen stove the mixture
became too hot and threatened to
boil over. She took up the kettle to
carry it out doors, but in taking it
off the stove it took fire and her
clothes caught fire. She dropped the
kettle in the shed and just at that
time she met Mr.. Applebee who was
coming in from the barn where he
had been working. He could not ex-
tinguish the flames and then she tried
to put them out by rolling on the
ground but failing in this she ran to
the barnyard and jumped into a wa
tering trough up to her neck, but not
before she was seriously if not fatally
burned.
BY this time the three little girls
with other children in the neighbor-
hood had arrived home from school
and the alarm was quickly given.
Mr.. Cooks boy hastened back to the
Centre to bring help from there
Neighbors came quickly and bravely
fought the flames. The house burn
ed so rapidly that nothing was saved
except the furniture in the parlor and
bedroom down stairs. Besides the
loss of household goods and all the
clothing of the family the granary
which adjoined the house was burn
ed. The latter contained $50 bushels
of oats and so bushels of barley
The neighbors turned all their at
tention to saving the barns and sue
Ceeded in their efforts. There was no
insurance on the property and Mr..
Applebee's loss will not be far from
$25OO. He will not rebuild but will
offer his 121-acre farm for sale for
whatever it will bring. Kind friends
have already raised a substantial
purse.to help him in his straitened
circumstances.
Mrs. Applebee was taken immedi-
atelv to the home of Abel A. Pierce
where she received the best of care.
She is frightfullv burned in almost
every part of the body and her con-
ditiOn is very critical. Her sad fate
has almost broken down Mr.. Apple
bee and cast a gloom over the whole
community.
Later. Mrs. App1ebee died of her
injuries last night at about midnight.
She was 44 years old and leaves three
children, all girls, the oldest of whom
is about a dozen years old. She has
a brother in this place, L. P. Smith
of Green street. After her severe in
jurieS her death was not unexpected
yet it is a very sad outcome to the
affair.
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