The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
NEARLY DEAD
 FROM FLAMES Mrs. Moore's 0l-Soaked
 Dress In Flames. STUMBLED WITHLIGHTED LAMP Wife of Machinist Suffers Terrible
 Burns Through Accident. Alone in House, She Screams For HeIu and Drass Herself Beneath Hy-
 drant which She Cannot

screaming for help and frantically trying to turn on the water from { hydrant beneath which she had crawl. ca m an effort to extinguish the flames which were slowly roasting her. Mrs R. B. Moore, of s05 Monroe Street. was | rescued Saturday night by neighbors The flames were extinguished and a physician summoned
 The terrible accident occurred almost within full sight of several persons seated on the porch of N. W. BIue's residence at S10 Monroe street. and so fiercely did the oil soaked clothing of Mrs. Moore burn that she was almost incinerated before aid could reach her. While carrying a lighted lamp she stumbled and fell. the globe to the lamp breaking, spraying her ..Iothing with oil. which immediately caught fire.
 Horror stricken neighbors on both sides of the Moore home saw the bur st of flame, and half dozen men Im- mediately rushed to the house folicw- ing the first piercing scream for help. watchers from the porch at Mrs. Blue's residence saw the flame clad figure stagger towards the back of the dwen- ing where a hydrant is located. but before she reached this she fell to the floor and dragged herself directly be- meath the hydrant, but was unable to turn on the water.
 The accident occurred shortly aster o'clock, and at the time there was no one in the house with Mrs. Moore. Her husband, who is machinist, had step ped out for a brief period, and Mrs Moore had been busying herself with the supper dishes. Finishing this task she started form the dining room into one of the front rooms os the house. Just as she got to tho door way she stumbled and feu.
 The lamp, which was of clear glass. was shattered, and the oil spread over the floor and clothing of Mrs Moor e. who was proS.rate. Realizing her danger she hastily rose to her feet to discover that her clothing was brtn- ing fiercely.
 Catching her skirts first the fire swept upward as she rose to her feet, and in a seconds time entirsly en- veioped her body. espe cially cn the right side, where most If the oil seemed to have spattered on her clothing.
 It was but a few yards from where Mrs. Moore fell to the hydrant on the back porch, and her first thought was of water with which 10 extingutsh the flames. As she started towards the open air, the flames burned more fierce ly in the light fabric of ler dress, and she was overcome by the ,atensc heat and pain.
 The suffering. woman made frantic efforts to tear her clothing from her body, and but partly succeeded in do- ing So when her hands were so badly burned that she was forced to desist.
 The first aid to Mrs. Moore was when Hugh Kennedy and John O'Brien. boarders at Mrs. Blues, arrived and enveloped the body in a heavy rug smothering the flames. She was then taken into her room while kind neigh bors administered what temporary re- lief was possible, and a physician was hastily summoned.
 When an examination was made, 1t was found that at least half of the surface of the body was badly burned and that the right side was almost crisped in several places, the arm be- ing so badly burned that 1t Is practi- cally useless.
 The sufferings of Mrs. Moore were something intense, and yesterday her condition was such that 1t was de- cided to send her to St. Margarets Hospital, where her condition at a late hour last night was pronounced as very serious.
 Statements made by those who were looking directly in the window of the Moore home at the time of the acci- dent, are narrowing in detail. Mrs. Moore was seen passing before one window when she suddenly lurched forward and almost immediately a billiard of flame rose where she had fallen.
 Her screams for help a second later completed the awful story of what had happened and there was a rush for the frantic woman. When help ar rived, the flames had almost consumed everything on which they could feed.
 Mrs. Moore is about 50 years of age. Although conscious during Saturday night and yesterday, her condition is such that it is regarded as exceedingly serious.