The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-25
West BrattIebOrO
BURNS CAUSED DEATH.
Mrs. Cynthia Clark Died wednesday
Morning from Shock OF Accident,

Mrs. Cynthia Clark, ~, widow OF ia
son Clark died Wednesday morning AZ
about o'clock as the result OF burns
which she received the morning before, lef
clothes catching fire from the Kitchen
stove in the house where she had lived
alone for the past II years. Nobody
knows Just how the accident happened
but it is supposed that her clothing caught
fre while she was working near the stove
The first knowledge OF the accident came
TO Mrs. Wilhelm Stellmann, who lives
next door. About 9.i5 Tuesday morning
she saw Mrs. Clark rolling around IN the
leaves in the front yard and heard her
cries. Miss Mary Durham, a nurse, VINO
was with Mrs. Stellmann at the time, ana
Mrs, Stellmann herself both ran TO the
ward and found that Mrs. Clarks clothing
was all ablaze, Mrs. Stellmann beat out
the flames with her skirts, receiving slight
burns in so doing. A number OF the
pupils OF Brattleboro academy also saw
the accident and one of them was DIS
patched to the home OF Mrs. Clark son,
Herbert j. Clark. Mrs. ii. j. Clark ana
her daughter, Mrs. Hayes Biigelow, AT
once went TO the scene and with the as
sistance of Miss Durham carried the age
woman into her home. DIR. A, |. Miller
was al once summoned and made quick
/ Trim TO the scene in his automobile. Mrs;
| Clark suffered intensely until the ARRIVAL
OF the physician who made her as com,
| Portable as possible Examination showed
| that Mrs. Clark was seriously burned
ahout the back and shoulders. The burns
were not of a fatal nature but the shock
was more than woman OF Mrs. ozark
wears could stand and she died Wednesday
morning retaining CONSCIOUSNESS uhtli
within a short time before the END, since
the death of her husband IN 1871 Mrs'
| Clark had preferred TO remain IN her own
home rather than move 70 her son
house across the street. Mr.. Clark hau
been in the habit of visiting his mother
every morning and was at the house only
II minutes before the accident took place
Members of the family had been ae'
customed TO call on her several times each
day and were acquainted with her wants
nv a series of signals which had been IN
nse for several years. Though IN ad
vanced wears Mrs. Clark was unusually
strong and well and was accustomed 70
walk about town, and on her S9th olrth
day anniversary, Sept, Ia, had taken
long carriage drive. She was quiet any -
home-loving and was representative oil th'
J type of strong womanhood. n.,.l.u.
, sent Il. 1918. daughter OF lothian ahI
Tmcy CARPENTER Warren, and had spen'
her entire life in this town and vicinity
Oct. 5. 1910, she was married to JasoI
: Clark of Brattleboro He was iar r9,
, and had farms for short time IN Hama
and Guiiford. In 1892 he bought TN
= house which had since been their home
Mr., Clark died in 1894. Besides her sol
She leaves a'daughter, Mrs. n. A. Putnam
: OF Boston. who reached here at = Q clI pa
Tuesday evening g. and o0 @fs N w GS grand
= "biIJren. Mrs. Meta Reid of Boston. Mrs
A William Prescott of Claremont, \. H.
: Miss Lillian Clark of Yonkers, \. y, az! an
: Mrs HAYES Bigelow of Brattleboro. IN
t funeral will be held this afternoon at
7 o'clock.