The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-14
BURNED TO DEATH
CHILD P0URs COAL OIL INTO A
BLAZING FIRE.
Both Mother and Child are Earned Child
Dies From the Injuries Received, While
the Mother Lies Frustrated From Grief
and Her Own Injuries-Littie Girl Never
Regains Cousciousness-Ber- Father on
Duty at the Fire Department at the
Time of the Accident-Aii is Done for
the Child and Mother That Could be.

Florine. the little 6-year-old daughter
Of MIR. and Mrs. z. G.. Daisy, residing at
-:39 North Fourth avenue, was horribly
burned yesterday morning at s o'clock,
In coal oil explosion. She died from
, the effects Of the burns just a few min
utes before O'Clock yesterday after
noon The funeral viii be held this at
ternoon at o'clock from the house.
Mrs. Daisy had not arisen from her
bed when the accident occurred. She
had been ailing and the shock has left
her in precarious condition. The little
girl got UP and had gone into the din
ing room, finding that the fire was not
burning fast enough she went into the
kitchen and got the coal oil can, wnicl
was nearly full, and poured some of the
oil into the stove. Immediately the fire
caught the oil in the can and a terrific
explosion occurred.
The child was covered with oil and
she was completely enveloped in fire n
a second. Her screams and the noise
from the explosion reached her sick
mother, who hurried TO her assistance.
The little girl was in her night clothes,
and her mother, in trying TO get the
clothes off her, was badly burned about
the hands and on her arms, up to her
elbows.
The misery and suffering which the
girl endured cannot be described, her
screams attracted the attention of the
ueighbors who hurried to the assistance
of Mrs. Daisy. In the excitement no
enc thought TO send in the fire alarm,
but fortunately the flames were soon ex
tinguishee. Before the fire could be put
out, and the child's clothes removed she
was badly burned. The flames had
burned her clothes nearly off of her,
and her body and face were raw.
Sitting in a room not six feet away
from the scene Of the explosion, was
i've gallon can full of gasoline. Mrs.
Kline, the mother of Mrs. Daisy, ran
into the room and carried this can of
gasoline out Of doors, passing through
the room where the accident occurred.
She thought the house was on fire. and
knowing that that amount of oil would
blow the house up, she got IL out of the
room. 1t seems marvellous that the fire
did not ignite with the gasoline.
AS soon as the fire was put out, little
Florine was carefully laid on the bed,
end medical aid was Immediately sum-
mons, and everything that loving hands
could do to relieve her was done. She
never regained consciousness and died
unminiful of her terrible sufferings.
Her father was on duty at Hose House
No. at the time of the accident. O. G.
Daisy, brother of T.. q. Daisy, said last
night that Mrs. Daisy was much more
severely injured than was first supposed.
She is in serious condition, and it is
feared that the shock, together with
wounds she sustained, may prove fatal.
Mrs. Daisy has heart trouble, and this
terrible accident has completely pros
uated her. She was resting as easy as
could be expected at a late hour last
night.