The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-01-28
Met a Terrlble Death.

The body OF Ester Lundberg
arrived here from Marquette Sunday
evening and was Immediately conveyed
to Huron Boy where her parents live.
OF the accident which caused her
death the Mining Journal gives the
following particulars:
On Saturday evening Ester Iiundberg.
the servant girl employed in the fam
lily OF Mr.. A. @. Neal, on Hewitt ave
nue., met with terrible accident which
resu ted in al agonizing death within
few hours, AT half past in pre-
pairing supper she had occasion to go
down into the cellar fof something and
started down the stairs with II lighted
lamp in her hand. In some manner
she ripped and fell he ,dlong down
the stairs, cutting open her head over
the left eve on the broken glass nt the
lamp balb while the blazing oil at
once envrloped her 10 flames.
The little Neall children had fol-
lowed the unfortuna girl to the top
Of the s,nirs. child-fashion. aud the
frightened cries OF the ii, tie boy when
he saw the accident brought his
mother t. the scene with Mrs. Nj. A.
Pierce, who was calling on her. inst
AZ the burning girl came rushing up
the stairs into the kitchen, almost
setting fire to tho children. Mrs.
Neail caught them out of the way and
ran for help while Mrs. Pierce threw u
cloak over the gir,'s head, partially
smothering the flames, and then as
she fell to the floor completely ex-
tingu shed the fire with water. The
poo girl was in frightfnl agony, her
clothing was almost burned off from
her from the waist up. her hands and
face were horribly burned and her
forehead and nose were bleeding from
the fall. She asked for water with
VIII ci she tried to battle her face
while Mrs. Pierce, who hud severely
attempting to save the girl, ran down
stairs with pail of water and put out
the fire in the cellar, which threatened
to destroy the house. Her heroism
aud presence of mind THO lghout the
whole affair were remarkable.
Help was at land almost imme-
diately. All the sweet OIL and cotton
in the neighborhood were hurrIdly
brought in and within fifteen minutes
alter the accident DR.. ThIel was pres
ent and had made an examination Of
the girls injuries.
The question of course was whether
or not the poor girl had breathed in
the flames. The doctor examined her
lungs very carefully nnd plainly
feared the worst, finally announcing
tin It il she lived until morning she
woul, recover. tie was comp PEELED to
leave and lett DR.. Harkin in charge .of
tue Case. Every thing tinlt it was
possible to do Tor the Injured girl was
attended to and finally she was put
under anaestnetics to denden the
pain. AS size had lever lost conscious
ness tor an instant.
At O'Clock in the, morning the
fears OF the physicians We're
proven well grounded as at that hour
the glri died from the effects OF her in
juries.
Ester was only fifteen or sixteen
years of age and was the eldest of
seven children, her home being in
Skanee, on Huron Bay, where De Haas,
Powell ~ Cos mill liz located. She
had been down here only about
two weeks and was already great
fayorite in Mr.. Neall's family because
OF her kindness to and interest in tho
children. MIR. Neali left with her re-
mains ON the 315 train yesterday and
viii reach SLante almost as soon as
the .errible news sent on ahead to her
parents and re1atives can get to them.