The daily sentinel., 1901-05-23
SERIOUSLY BURNED.
lillian Gait Horribly Burned This
Morning by Gasoline ExpIo-
sion---In Places the Body
Almost Charred.

neart piercing scream from childish
lips this morning in the vicinity of the
Brunswick hotel, set people in state OF
terror. No such scream could come
from human lips without being threaten
ed with some calamity, and that was
what proved to be the case.
Lillian Gait, a beautiful little girl
aged about twelve years, the next oldest
daughter OF F. r: Gait, one OF the pro
prietors Of the Brunsui ick hotel was hor-
ribly burned through the explosion OF
some gasoline which was being used to
clean bed in room No. % Of the hotel.
The little girl was with her mother at
the time, who was experimenting the
cleaning, and was being assisted by the
porter of the house. He was called
down stairs to perform some service.
While he was gone Mrs Gait struck a
match for some purpose, and there be-
ing some gasoline on the floor the flame
was communicated to it and in turn to
the can which either exploded or caught
on fire.
The great fame resulting communi-
Gated itself in some manner to the dress
OF Lillian, which was of light material,
and terrorized by the flame and the
burns she started to run down stairs.
Her mother saw the situation at a
glance and, terrified. grabbed some
clothing from the bed and attempted to
follow the child, but she could not reach
the fleeing, burning girl. At the land
ing Of the fret stairway from the rotunda
the little girl ran into Mr.. W. c. Green,
a travelling man from Denver, but he
could not stop her, although he had bis
hands burned in attempting to do 30,
and the burning child ran fret to the
main floor and into the dining room and
then turned and ran back again into the
rotunda.
When she ran into the dining room,
Mr.. McClary OF the Colorado Sugar com
pany was eating his breakfast Deter
mining at once what was to be done he
threw off his coat and ran into the office
and threw it around the shrieking girl.
She then ran into the back yard, where
the dish washer OF the hotel happened
to be, and he tore the child's burning
dress and skirt from her body. A blan-
ket had been brought IN the mean time
and the flames were soon put out, but
not before the little girl was horribly
burned
Her father and other kind friends car
ried the child up stairs and laid her on
bed.
1t was fortunate that DR.. Bull hearing
the screams at his Office, rushed across
the street and was in time to at once
allay the sutferings Of the dear little
one. The pain was something awful
and until some soothing Lotions were
poured upon her body scream after
scream came from the lips Of the child.
DR.. Bull did all in his power to allay
skill the pain was something awful to
bear for the time being. DR.. Bull stated
to Sentinel reporter that her back was
burned in places almost to crisp, and
that the surface covered by the burns
was from her shoulders to ner knees
She was not burned above the waist
line in the front OF her body. Neither
were her legs burned.
Lillian Gait is lovely child OF a splen-
did family OF children, and she ard her
family have the sympathy Of many
friends.
Mr.. Gait, who assisted in extinguish-
ing the fire, had his right hand badly
burned.