The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-11
TO DEATH,
Mrs. b. G. Evans. Of Adrian,
Meets with a Tragic Death by
the Explosion 81 kerosene
and Coal Gas. .

BY far the most terrible and heart.
rending accident that has ever oc
Cured in our city wasthat of Tues.
day, in which woman in the fnl]
flush of youth and health and strength
happy in the proud possession Of fond
husband and children and devoted
friends, met a sudden and awful
death. Shortly before i've o'clock in
the afternoon Of that day. number
of people were startled by the ap.
pearence Of a woman wrapped in
flames, rushing franticaIly across the
street, a block west Of the principal
business corner of our city. The
unfortunate woman was Mrs. B. C..
Evans, one of the best known and
most highly respected residents of
our city, and her terrible blight was
caused by the explosion Of stove in
her home on Second street.. The par
ticulars of the sad affair are brief
At the hour named she had just
begun preparations fors supper, and
the fire not burning brlskly, she at,
tempted to pour kerosene upon it,
when an explosion, occurred, tn:
flames leaping to her clothing and
instantly enveloping shsEsin q mass o1
flames: Panic II strick ID The poor
woman rushed udt ssi o doors and
across the street: where she was met
by willing hands and the flames ex.
tinguished, but, not until. she was
frightfully burned. The stricken
woman was tender]y borne to the
home of M. T. O'Brien, where ply.
sicians attended her Immediately, bu,
the fearful injuries and the shock tc
her nervous system proved to great
to withstand, and death mercifully
relieved her of her suffering several
hours afterwards. The body anc
limbs of the victim were burned anc
charred from head to foot, and hel
agony was almost unbearable until
relieved by opiates. but through i
all the mother heart, needless of be-
own suffering was crying out for be-
babes. What an awful picture of mis-
cry and despair! The end came
peacefully. the poor woman passing
from state of unconsciousness int
eternal rest. Never has such shocl
been visited upon this community
and a>feeling of deepest sorrow, :,
dark shadow of horror and of awe
has prevaded ever since the terrible
affair. The pen refuses to record tn
horror of it, or to express in tn
slightest measure the feeling of sad
ness which has BEEN shared by al
since the sad fatality. Four littl
ones, the eldest but email child an,
the youngest a babe of four weeks
are left motherless, and devote,
husband robbed of his most preciou
jewel. i A loving mother, q: true
hearted wife, a bright, intelligent
womanly woman these are the trih
utes by the acduaintances and friend
to the memory Of the departed.
would be idle to extend sympathy i
such a terrible affections as ha
come without a moments warnin
to her loved ones. Truly "the way
of Providence are mysterious an
past finding out" -...@
The explosion of the stove cause
fire in the interior of the house nee
, essitating some hard work on the pal
: of the fire department to subdue
Two streams of water We're turne
on, and the fire extinguished afte
doing considerable damage. Pete
Roerig was quite severely burne
about the hands in assisting to pr
out the flames which enveloped IL
unfortunate woman-Adrian Guar
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