The evening times., 1900-06-26

BALTIMORE. June 26.-GasoIine ex-
| plosions caused the death of one person
and the injury of six others in Baltimore
/ yesterday. One explosion occurred early
in the morning; the ether late in TIE af-
Jernoon.
Mrs Mary Miller. thirty-fve years old,
Of 2201 Pennsylvania Avenue. was killed.
The injured are Isr9el Rosenthal. thee
years old. 1870 Laurel Street. may 1ie.
Mrs. Kate Ro5enthal, burned badly; Iro5-
ably Will recover. Lyman RoscutnlI; vii
/ recover Daniel. 220I Pennsylvania Ave-
rue: burned about the ha1ds aud arms.
II. d. Eidlan, 220l PennsylYan'a Avenue:
burned about the hands. Js.ot n Ross l.
thai. IlS0 Laurel Street. hands bu! led
slightly.
With her hair and clothing blazing as
the result Of the explosion Of gssoI Ee
stove, Mrs. Jacob NJ Rosentaal, Of JI2y
Laurel Street near AIsquII ana Faycttc
Streets. forgot her own pain in dss-
perate effort TO save her two little s1Es.
She caue b; then 10 her. burning her Own
hands badly in an eudeayor 10 s.zo,hCr the
flames with her dress, al TIE same time
dragging them across a small alley 10 4
IeighbOr's house
In attempting 70 light the gasoline s.ove
in the kitchen Mrs. ROssnthl rad LesllCt-
cd to adjust II properly AM ~ exploded,
about c'clCck a. m, with about as much
noise as that made by giant cracker.
She was burned badly about the head, face,
and hands. Israel, the eldest boy three
years old. was Injuries severely his head
I N-g4
charred and blisteTed so that wiIel a neigh
Dor cut of his clothes. large portions OF
the skin came With them. Hynan. tie
younger boy. two years OIc was burned
GboUt the hips. The little daughter. Sarah,
four months old. was uninjured. The
fathers hands were burned while assist
ing In extinguishiug the fAC-S.
As soon as Mrs. Rosenthsl cOgld DO so
she dragged the two boys 10 the house OF
Mrs. Harriet E. Johnson. co!Ored who.
seizirg large rug. rolled Israel IL II and
eXtlLgU!shCd the flames M-aLtIme other
neighbors had arrived and put out the IRE
IN the hair and clothing Of Mrs RosentHsI.
The injured were AL taken 10 the CITY
hospital, where the mother and younger
son we're pronounced out Of danger. Israel.
however. IS burned 50 badly that the ply
sieiaus. while hoping for the best. are IN
able 10 say that he will recover.
The Hosguthal family. according 10 the
u,igElCrs, have had a Ions run of bad
luck About d yeSr ago Mrs RCseuthal
was scaided fr.shtfu!iy by the oyerturu-
iEs Of vessel OF boiling soup From this
she has only lately recovered fully.
one 10y ole the little ones sicselet ard
required constant attendance and medi-
ciL=s- II Tee midst Cf this. while tho
mother was scarcely able 10 perform the
duties thrust G2ou her. the father was
attacked with acute UalariaI fever. After
q long. hard struggle. the little family
grew cguyaies,eEt and had Just begun 70
hope that better thiugs were iu store When
yesterdays accident occurred M E0ser-
taaI .s nearly prozJratc1 BY the sU1erilgs
Of his wife ard childrlU- Little or 10
cI-nag- 10 the property resulted from the
IRE OF explosion.
Mrs Mary Miller. wife OF Mt. Lewis c.
Miller. who owns q grocery store or Penn
sylvaUla Avenue and Baker Street was
burned so badly by the explosion Of gaso-
Ike stove shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon that she died last night after
having suffered great agony for I'VE hours
The explosion occurred IL q house in the
rear Of EidmGn Bros feed store. 22gl
Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs. Miller. who Is
a sister OF Il. D. EldIau and DAME! lid
man. has been residing with her husband
IN the house referred 10. in -.hich also
lived her brothers and her husbands moth
-
A short time after > O'Clock she was
Z working II the kitchen. when she acci-
dentally overturned a gasoline store. which
( had not been lighted. \ coal fire was
burning in the room. and in moment al
explosion shook the walls. and Ms Miller
was envel0ped in flames No u1u Was
with her al The time
According 10 Mrs. r Mann. Who live.
Al 529 Gold Street, Mrs. Miller rushed 10
t-e 2@i" ~ roo % ,-'-- - y@IC, 5TyIzg for some
one 10 break it down. H. ii was loCE5i
She then ran through the ki.cacn AGAIN
and the store. bursting in upon her
. brothers IN a mass Of flames. Quickly
they wrapped her in cloths and sacks. but
not before her clothing had been burned
: on, her face burned aud blister6d. and her
hair destroyed. Her entire BODY was
scorched and blistered. in some PLACES be-
ing burned 10 the bone Physicians were
sent for and an alarm Of FIRE turned in.
Meantime II. r. Rechner carried his
h,rse Sc-oss the street and. attaching L. %
q 5piSct. began 10 throw water On the
flames. The fire was controlled easily. -ne
i Cs mage being about So. Both Of The Ed
man brothers had their hands burned s.
/ verely in their attempt TO extinguish the
/ flames ard save their sister.
Every effort to ease the pain Of the suf-
ia us NttAAA- was llle-lt De llle l-ESiellflS
[ She bore il bravely. and for a time some
/ little hope Of her recovery was entertained
| but all efforts were unavaiIing. and death
{ came as a relief TO the sufferer.
gasoline stove exploded aD0ut T.r5
O'Clock yesterday morning on the second
/ floor Of house 339 Forrest 3 'eet, occupied
| by Morris Rcsenthal and owned b. Israel
( Fisher Nobody was injured in he ex-
| plosion and the fire was pu- out by Citi-
! zens after the house ana furniture had
been damaged to the extent OF about Sl25.