Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-17

a Mother and Child Die From the re-
suit Of z Coal OIL NxploA1Qn.

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suit Of 2 Coal Oil Explouton.
The Baltimore Sun 81 this morning
contains the following account of the
death Of mother and Der infant yester.
day morning at Curtis BAY III this coun
". from the result Of the careless nae of
corl oil. The victims we're Mrs. Elizabeth
Tyler, aged 25 years. wife ~ John w.
Tyler painter At he South Baltimore
Car Works. and their eight months-old
baby boy Benjamin Harrison Tyler.
The accident occurred between and s
o'clock 10 the morning. The baby died
ct five minutes before / o'clock a the af
ternoon, and the mother little less than
one hour later. Although horribly burn
ed from head 70 foot Mrs Tyler was able
to give TO the kind neighh0rn who minis
tered TO her account Of the accident.
She was preparing the morning meal
in the little BY 12 kitchen, and the baby
was tied in low chair By the side Of the
stove. The stove had been filed with
wood, which was damp. Mrs. Tyler was
about TO pour coal oil from . gallon glass
can protected by tin. when the fire blazed
up aud the can exploded with a report
like pistol shot. The ueighbors. arouse
ed by the sound, saw Mrs. Tyler rush
screaming down the yard In the rear,
which 10 about sixty feet long, and fall
upon her knees In mass OF fire at the
gate.
While Mr.. Phelps aud Mr.. Longest
were extiuguishing the flames on Mrs.
Tyler with blanket Charlie Lyman rush
ed into the burning kitchen where he
found the baby and chair overturned and
blown under the stove by the cnncussion.
he seized them together and ran into the
yard with them where the burning clothes
were stripped from the child by the neigh
bors. He then went back and brought
out of the middle room little George 4.
Tyler, a four-year old brother of the baby,
who was not Injured. He poured several
buckets Of water on the flames. which had
begun TO fire the woodwork about the
kitchen window.
Mrs. Tyler was carried into the house,
where, In her agony. she called repeatedly
for her baby until she died. All know
ledge Of it's death was kept from her.
The baby was taken to the home OF Mrs.
Phillip A. Sellhausen. In the same row,
and before dying 1t drank two bottles of
milk and played with its fathers hand.
Mrs Tyler was fearfully roasted on the
breast and abdomen, and most of her hair
and clothing were burned from her.
There was scarcely spot from head to
foot not bearing marks of fire. The baby
was burned on the face, breast. arms and
feet. Mrs. JAS. j. Golden, Mrs. Phelps,
Mrs. Chairs and other neighbors did all
10 their power to relieve the sufferers,
and attested the neighborly feeling in the
settlement. Mr.. Tyler had lived with
bis family on Hamburg street, Baltimore,
until three weeks ago, when he got sit
uatlon with the car company and re-
moved 10 Curtis Bay.
Both bodies were laid In the little par
Tor last evening. Mr.. Tyler. who was
away from the house when the accident.
happened, returned soon afterward. His
grief last night was aggravated from the
fact that the livcliness of the baby dur.
ing the day lad encouraged him TO hope
for Its recovery. The neighbors speak
of assisting the family In their distress