Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
DEATH DUE TO BURNS
MRS. oLET M. LIzEAR FATALLY
INJURED AT HER HOME.
Removed to Emergency Hospital
Throe Little Children Had Very
Narrow Escape.

Having received frightful burns on her
body, neck, arms and legs, from which she
suffered intense agony for several hours,
Mrs. Violet NJ. Lizear of Burnt Mills,
Montgomery county, Md, died at the Emer-
gency Hospital last evening about 30
O'Clock Mrs. LiZear was In her home
with her three small children when her
dress caught fire from the kitchen stove.
The children were rowerless to help her.
The unfortunate woman would probably
have been burned to crisp had it not
been that her husband was near the house
at the time and reached her in time to
extinguish the flames and save the little
ones from probable death.
Dr. Brown of Burnt Mills was summoned
to the house as soon Mr.. Lizear could
notify a neighbor of what had occurred.
The physician found that the woman had
been SO terribly burned that hospital treat
ment was absolutely essential Even with
the most skilled care it was doubtful if
Mrs. Lizear could live very long The
physician however, thought that it was
worth while making the effort, and upon
his advice the husband of the burned wom-
an, John S. Lizear, removed the patient
to the Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. LfZear, who is one of many persons
of that name living in Montgomery county,
conducts small dairy farm His wife who
was twenty-one years of age, and his three
children occupied the family home. Mrs.
Iizear and the children We're in the kitchen
about noon yesterday, the mother being en-
gagged in preparing the noon meal. 1t was
while she passing the stove that her
dress ignited. She hurriedly moved as far
away from the children as she possibly
could without leaving the room After she
had beaten the flames and reached the con-
ciusion that her efforts would probably
prove unsuccessful she screamed for as
SiStance.
Rushed to Wife's Aid
Mr.. Lizear, who was not far away from
the house at the time, rushed into the
house to see what was the matter Much
TO his surprise he found his wife standing
near the middle of the floor making feeble
effort to extinguish the blaze, her strength
having been almost exhausted before she
called for aid. The husband lost no time
in his efforts to be of assistance, but it
was not until his wife's clothes had been
almost entirely consumed that he succeed
ed in extnguishing the flames. Despite
the serious nature of her burns, Mrs Ii
zear did not lose consciousness and real
lied how seriously she had been burned
NeighborS We're summoned, several wom-
en- among them. and the sufferer was given
every attention she possibly could have re-
ceived from a hospital. Two of the neigh
bors volunteered to accompany Mrs Lii
zear to this city. Several times during the
trip she inquired about the safety of her
children and seemed to imagine that they
had been near enough to her to get burned.
Il was about D O'Clock In the afternoon
when the patient reached the hospital Mr.
l1zear remained there only a short time, as
it was necessary for him to return home
with those who had come to assist his wife
Capt. Anliss had a telephone message sent
to Burnt Mills notifying Mr.. Lizear of
the death of his wife, and the body will
probably be sent to the family home to-
day.