The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-07
A VOMAN'S COURAGE.
Horribly Burned Preparing
a Remedy for Her Child,
She Bears Her Pain
StoiCally.
SAVED BY HER HUSBAND.
IL She Lives Thousand Years, She
Says, She Will Always
Worship Him.

A loving young mother, while in the act
OF preparing soothing syrup to relieve
the pain of her infant child, early this
morning, was horribly burned about the
limbs aud body, and now lies in cot in
st. Mary's Hospital. lowering between
life and death.
Mr.. j. CalenbecK, with his wife Mary
and their baby, live in the tenement house
at Fourth and Monroe streets, Hoboken,
On the second floor. The couple are
about twenty-four years of age, and as
loving couple, the nei9hbors saw, as
ever lived. Mrs. Calenbeck is primd
favorite with the neighbors Last night
the family retired early About one
O'Clock the baby awoke crying, suffer- ng
from sore throat. Tue mother aross
and tried to pacify it.
About two o'clock, the baby fell asleep.
She placed it gently in tue cradle, and
then Determined to prepare remedy to
apply externally to- the cnild's throat.
Placing some Vaseliue and turpe ntine in
a small tin cup, she put it Oh the stove to
neat. All o. Il sudden 1t iguated, and
blazing up, set fire to light wrapper
which she had put on over her night
gown when she first arose.
BURNED FIERCELY.
Alarmed, she called 10 her husband,
who jumped out of bed and ran to her
assistance The clothes burned fiereely,
aud The husband, in endeaVoring to *
quench the fire, was badly burned about,
the arms and hands. AS a last res ort ha
be hought himself of the bed clothiug
and rushing into the room he Seizsd
quilt, and wrapping it around his vile
soon smorhered the flames. Her clothes
were almost burned from her body; aud
the skin was peellng off iu large pieces
The husband laid her on
lounge, and the neighbors who had been
attracted by the SHOUTS and screams hur-
rled to his assistance. Drs. Simon and
Plndar were summoned. and they found
the woman in d terrible condition, The
was hardly part of her body, fro M head
to foot. that had not been burned The
odor OF the burning flesh permeated every
part of the house. and some of the neigh
bors had TO go out in the open air to es-
cape fainting.
A woMAN's COURAGE.
The woman lay on the lounge, and,
though suffering untold agony, she bore
up like nero, asking for her baby, and
urging her husband not to worry that
she would get better.
| When she showed that brave spirit, the
| doctors and officers did everything they
| could to make her easy. 1t was deter
| the ambulance wis summoned. The
| stairs were so marrow that the stretcner
could not be used. so they had to wrap
the woman in blankets. In this way they
| carried her downstairs.
| When the officers came up to carry her
| down. she was lying on the lounge, and
| she apologized for her scauU attire with
| sincere air Of modesty.
| The doctors say she must have suffered
much agony while being carried down
| stairs, but she complained not a word.
| When she was placed in the ambulance,
! and her husband stood over her, whisper
| tender words OF encouragement, she
smiled sweetly at him; and as he was led
away and the officers drove to the hospi-
| tai. she exclaimed.-
IF | live for a thousand years I'll wor-
| ship my husband, so bravely did he save
my life."
! Kind neighbors took charge of the baby,
who slept soundly all through the excite-
| ment.
This morning the brave woman was
resting quietly at the Hospital. but her
| condition was such that nothing detin-
| itely could be said whether she would
live or die. They all believe her brave
| spirit will cary her through.