The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-12-28
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH 4.
Mrs. Mary campbell. Highly Es-
teemed Res l1I( i 81 Princeton,
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A most tragic and lamentable death
occurred in Princeton on Christmas
morning, the details of which, so far
as it is possible to ascertain, are here
under narrated:
Ala o'clock on Monday morning
Miss Emma Trunk, girl II wears
old, who resided with Mrs. Mary
Campbell, was awakened from her
sleep by the accumulation of smoke
in her room. She hastily arose, and,
attiring herself in a skirt, proceeded
into the hall. She at first thought
that the smoke emanated from the
ground floor, where Burleigh Camp
bell, the 12-year-old grandson of Mrs.
Campbell was sleeping, but upon
opening the door leading to Mrs.
Campbell's' chamber, directly across
the hall from her room, dense vol
umes of smoke issued therefrom and
she then knew that the fire was in
Mrs. Campbell's room. She i'm
mediately ran down the stairs, awak-
ened Burleigh, and sent him to- Mr..
Burke S for assistance. Mr.. .Burke's
residence is but a short distance from
Mrs. Campbell's. She then returned
and managed to secure her clothes,
which were just within the door. of
Mrs. Campbell's chamber. Miss
Trunk had undressed in Mrs. Camp
BELLS room before retiring, as that
was warmer than her own. ~.
Within a few: minutes after being
called, Mr.. Burke, barefooted and
only partly dressed, was on the spot.
He ran TO- Mrs: Campbell's room,
lighted "a lamp, and found the old
lady dead upon the floor and burned
beyond recognition. Mr.. Burke
wrapped her in a quilt, carried her
below and laid her on couch. 6H.5
W. Pringle, a neighbor, then arrived
and assisted in extihguishing the
flames which were. consuming. the
bed upon. which she had q Tie,
bed was thrown by Mr. Fringle
through a window into the yard. The
services of the fire department., which
had been called to the scene, were
found unnecessary.
Two stands, or small tables, stood
near the bed, upon one of which was
a lamp; and the supposition is that
Mrs. Campbell, who has of late been
suffering from a nervous ailment,
arose, lighted the lamp, and then
either tainted or succumbed to heart
failure. Thus in falling her night
dress came in contact with the lamp
and set it on fire.
The lamp did not explode, as gen.
orally reported, for we examined it
and found it intact and almost filled
with oil. ~.
The body was found face downward
upon the floor with one limb in a
position as that of kneeling in prayer
The slipper on one foot was COM
pletely consumed by the fire while,
that on the other was untouched. The
carpet in the room was slightly singed
but no damage to the building re-
suited aside from the window through
which the burning bed was thrown.
The exact cause of death will prob
ably never be known, but from the
circumstances surrounding the trag-
edy it might be deduced that Mrs.
Campbell's sufferings, if any, were of
but short duration.
The county coroner concluded from
the facts in the case that an inquest
was unnecessary.
Mrs. Campbell was born in Wash
ington county, New York, on January
6, 1881, and was consequently nearly
Is years old. When years of age
she moved with her parents to Mans
field, Richland county, Ohio, and at
the age of Is went to Racine county,
Wis.,, to reside. She was married to
A. 0. Campbell in Wisconsin in 1850
and came to Princeton in 1895.
T. Her husband died in 1903. She is
survived by son, G. L. Campbell,
and 4 grandsons, Herbert, Arthur,
Burleigh and Ernest. She was an
aunt OF Mrs. Tam and Mrs. Burke
and sister Of Mrs. Sherman, all of
Princeton. -
The funeral rites were observed at
the Acknowledgement on Tuesday az
ternoon at p. M, Rev. Cathcart con-
Quoting the ceremony, and the remains
were inferred in Oak Knoll cemetery.
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