The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-24
THREE IN FLAMES
UPsETTING OFF DINING ROOM
LAMP CAUSES A HORRIBLE
ACCIDENT.
CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AND
KITCHEN GIRL PROBABLY
FATALLY BURNED.
THEIR SUFFERINGs INTENSE.
Herois Domestic ImperfIed Life In
an Effort to Rescue Her
Mistress.
CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE.
THEIR SUFFERFNGs INTENSE

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to one of suffering, the father being
/ the only one escaping the fate of the
! others. The mother is in serious con-
dition from her burns. Her arms from
the elbows down to the tips of her
! fingers are charred, some of the fingers
being burned to a crisp. Her little
daughter, thirteen years Of age, is in
a critical condition. Her face, breast
and arms are terribly burned, and her
recovery is very doubtful. The hired
girl of the family received the worst
wounds, and without doubt her in
juries will terminate fatally. Her
/ burned body presents horrible sight.
! From her head to her knees she is a
mass of burns and is in constant agony.
| The terrible affair, which brought
! such dire results, occurred at $50
! o'clock last evening at the home of F.
A. Walker, 409 Seventh avenue south.
! Mr.. Walker is a timer for H. L. Day
| 4OI Sixth avenue south. The story Of
the occurrence, as told by the daughter
Mabel, is as follows: Sunday night the
sitting room lamp burner was not in
proper working order, and yesterday it
received attention. Shortly before $50
Mrs. Walker lighted the lamp but no
ticed that it puffed up and the burner
still seemed to be out of order. Fear
ing an explosion, she hurriedly picked
1t up and made for the back door to
throw it outside. Mabel, her daughter.
thirteen years of age, happened to be
IN the way, and in the hurry the lamp
was overturned and the oil thrown on
the dress of the little girl This caught
IRE, and the screams Of the victim at
tfacted the attention of the domestic.
Mary Overland, Norwegian girl re-
Gently over from the old country. Mary
saw the danger and heroically attempt
ed to eXtinguish the flames. Mrs
| Walker did the same and received seri
Gus burns about her arms and fingers
In her excitement and agony Mabel
rushed out of the front door, and q
man VINO happened to be passing at
the time helped to put out the flames.
out not until the little sufferer received
burns which the doctors say NAV end
in her death.
Mrs T. Davis and her son, A. Davis
VINO nVeS TWO doors from the Walkers
idSt evening told what they saw and
knew of the affair. Mrs. Davis first
! neard screams and on looking out saw
/ y,
Oh the Walker house, rolling on the
ground and covered with flames. Young
LAWS at once took in the situation and
SEEING a jacket, the first thing he laid
ms hands on, went to the rescue of the
unfortunate. He succeeded in beating
cut the flames with the jacket, while
ms mother rendered valuable aid
However, the girl was burned from
mead to foot and was in terrible aeonv.
AFTER eXtinguishing the flames on the
hlred girl, young Davis ran to Engine
House No. 1, Third street and Sixth
! avenue south, and turned in q still
alarm of fire, No time was lost. hut
! on thelr arrival the flames had all been
! eXtlnguished. Lieut.. Barrett and Pine
! man Egan were the first to enter The
! mouse, and with considerable presence
! OF mind Lieut.. Barrett covered fine
| SUFFERING victims with soda, thus allie
! waiting their terrible sufferings to q
! great extent until the arrival Of the
! doctors. The flames had left hardly a
! stltch on the body Of the domestic. and
! Mabel was almost entirely naked when
! she was gently carried into the house
| mrs. Walkers clothes were scorched
/ and burned about the arms and breast
AS soon as word could be sent
! DOCTORS Moulton, Harrington Dunn
and Kruse arrived to dress the burns.
! They worked with a will for over two
| hours and did everything in their
the poor suffering orres. At about 7:30
! O'Clock the three victims were removed
to Asbury hospital where they are
receiving the best possible treatment.
Ihe fire caused by the overturniny
of the lamp caused very little damage
to the furniture the loss on which will
probably not exceed $25
Blna K1nkel, little girl five years
OF age, living at 433 Seventh avenue
south, was visiting the Walker family
at the time and had a narrow escape
from being seriously burned. AS If
was, her hair was singed, but otherwise
, she received no injuries.
Lieut.. Barrett says that in his eight
! years of experience In the fire denart
ment he has seen over g. half dozen
people horribly burned, but these cases
were the most heartrending he hac
ever witnessed. The poor women were
moaning In awful pain, and skin in
! large patches was peeling off their
! burned flesh. It was an awful sight.
During the excitement a large crowd
! gathered, but most of them seemed
dumbfounded for none of them offered
any assistance. One excited neighbor
saw the poor hired girl rolling in the
aIIey and even after the flames had
been eXtinguished he procured two
| pailsful of cold water and poured #
! upon her, only adding to her suffering.
At the hospital last night Mary over
serious were her injuries The case
OF little Mabel is very doubtful, while
Mrs. Walker is seriously burned
Little Mabel is said by the neighbors
to have been Of a very lovable disposi-
! ton and their affection for her was
shown by the tears in their eyes as thew
/ heard last night of her serious burns
/ The action Of the hired girl is con
sidered nothing short of heroic when
it is remembered that she received her
| burns in trying to save the other two
! Mary Overland has no relatives in
/ Minneapolis but a cousin, Jennie Oh
son, resides at Elbow Lake. MINI.
The neighbors give a different story
as to how the terrible accident oc-
CURED. They understand that cans of
gasoline and kerosene were both kept
in the kitchen and are of the opinion
that the lamps were filled from the
wrong can. They say that both the
kitchen and dining room lamp were
lighted at the same time by the hired
girl and Mabel respectively, and that
both exploded shortly afterwards.
Then the two unfortunates, in their
excitement, ran outside Mary out the
hack door to the alley and Mabel to
the street. Mrs. Walker, they say, was
burned in trying 10 save her daughter.
| However, the first story coming from
the little girl, who should know, is un-
| doubtedly the right one.