Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-12
MOTHER And son BURNED
Mrs. Annie E, and Dell Hambright Victims
Of Gasoline Fire.
GRAVE DOUBTS OF WOMAN LIVING
Both Are Terribly AFFLICTED a. Result
OF Accident which Happens
when AEed woman Attempts
to Light the stove.


In fire originating from gasoline, Mrs
Annie Il. Hambright aged S. and her son
Dell, aged %. 2622 Sherman avenue, re-
ceived burns Sunday morning which may
result fatally for the aged mother. The
woman and her son are being cared for
at the Wise Memorial hospital, where
they are resting easier than when taken
there in the police ambulance
Mrs. Hambright inhaled some OF the
flames and was frightfully burned over
her body. Her hair was nearly all singed
of, and her face. head chest arms, hands
and back were so badly burned that the
flesh dropped of In places. The sons feet
we're burned to the bones while his back
hands and chest were severely burned.
Shortly after o'clock Mrs. Hambright
filled a detachable gasoline stove tank
with gasoline. In placing the tank on the
connecting pipe she did not have it prop
erly adjusted, the result being that whom
she lighted a match to the generator the
tank instead OF the generator ignited. She
then snatched the blazing tank from the
stove and carried II to the next room, with
the gasoline dripping over the floor as
she walked. She was quickly followed by
her son. who was getting up at the time,
and had only attired himself in his trous-
Tries to Help Mother.
As the son followed his mother his socks
became saturated with the gasoline on the
floor. He threw the tank from hi5 moth
er's hands the flames by that time having
spread over the floor and to the clothing
of both mother and SON. At first the son
tried to extinguish 5he flames which were
enveloping his mother, but when he began
TO realize his own strength failing he hur-
ried her downstairs to the Cackley barn.
where assistance was quickly summoned
W. #. Race, one of the stable attaches,
pulled the woman's skirt OF and, with
several bystanders. rolled the woman in
the snow. Others grabbed the sons clothes
from him. AS the son descended the stairs
with his mother the flesh fell from his feet
on the steps. DIR. Bishop promptly re-
sponded and gave the victims first aid in
the stable ONCE. At the hospital the pa
tients were relieved with opiates.
Small Hope for Woman.
1t is doubtful whether Mrs. Hambright
will recover. Because of her age and Sc
verify Of the injuries her chances for
recovery are said to be small 1t is be-
lieved the son will pull through, although
Il will be a long time before he will be
able to get out again.
Mrs. .Hambright is the widow Of ]. L..
Hambright She lived with her sons Dell
and Orzillo e. Another son, Jesse, who
works on the Mount & Collins ranch at
Venango, Neb., has been wired for
The property loss did not amount to
more than $3.50. The room to which Mrs.
Hambright carried the tank was badly
scorched and much of the contents rem
dered useless. Art Warren. boy who
A.. n.-ur -
Hambrights, did splendid service with
blankets I'm checking the fire until the ar
rival of the department
Dell Hambright has been in the employ
Of James Barker brick mason.
The two patients were doing well and
resting easily atuthe7 hospital early this
morning. No Immediate alarm over their
condition was entertained by the hospital
attaches. fESt 80 b.