Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-02
Death Claims Victim Of AGO.
hol Explosion at 5 0'Ciock
Yesterday Afternoon.
MISS BLAINE IMPROVING
Pupils Of Glass Send Floral
Tributes in Memory Of
Their Dead Teacher.
FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY
sup ShuIl and Principals
Will Act As Pail Bearers
at St. Peters.
MISS BLAINE IMPROVING
FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY |

Death yesterday afternoon ended
the suffering of Miss Bertha Cross
ley, the public school teacher who
was horribly burned as the result
OF an alcohol explosion at the home
OF Mrs. Emily P. Lanier, at 33 Water
street, Wednesday night. Her death
was a peacefm one as the attending
physicians had used means to allevi-
ate her agonizing pains as much as
possible. The victims father,
brothers and sisters we're at her bed
side and the scene WAS one more pa
thetic than any artist could paint.
Tears of sorrow rolled down the
cheeks OF the aged father, the
brothers and the sisters as Miss
Crossley was gAsping her last
breath. The end was indeed sad
one, made more 30 by the presence
of the weeping relatives.
Miss Blaine, the o*her school
teacher, who was badly burned by
the sad accident, is at the Lanier
home where she will remain. Her
condition Is not considered as being
serious by DR.. j. G.. Wilson and DR..
G.. w. F9thian, the attending phys
icians. She is badly burned about
her lower limbs and left arm. Doc
tors Say she will have recovered In
about two months.
VIII Take Body TO Danviile.
Miss Crossiey was twenty-eight
years old and her home was la Key
port, KY. AS told yesterday, she
came here from New York city two
years and three months ago and had
since taught In the fourth grade of
school No. In Smith street Be-
cause OF the fact that she died In a
boarding house, her body was res
H1ovsd to Ferd Garretson's nnder-
taking establishment. Funeral SER
vices Will be held In st. Peters Epis-
copaI church at s o'clock this after
noon and relatives invite all her
friends to attend. The body will be
placed aboard the 6:14 o'clock
Pennsylvania train tonight to be
taken to Newark and from there
transferred to DanvilIe, Pa, for
concluding funeral services and in
terment In the family plot Funeral
services will be held Sunday morn
ing in Danville.
School Teachers to Attend.
Nearly every school teacher In the
city has made arrang sments to at
tend the services at O'Clock this
afternoon at st. Peters church,
Superintendent of Schools S. e..
ShulI reports. The pupils OF the
fourth grade at School No. Will
attend In body. Numerous floral
tributes are being received at the
last residence Of the accident victim,
33 Water street, from fellow In
structors In the educational work in
Perth Amboy, while handsome
floral remembrance of the love, re-
gpect and esteem in which she was
held by her pupils was presented to-
day.
Pallbearers Chosen.
Superintendent Shu1l, who was
requested to secure pallbearers, has
arranged as follows: Mr.. Shn1l,
Henry S. ,Hulse, principal of the
grammar school; Joseph F. Walker,
and John Hitzelberg, Of the high
school faculty.
Doesn't Know Friend Is Dead
Besides having had a sorrowful
effect on the public school fraternity
of the city, the fatality has cast a
darker gloom over the occupants of
Mrs. Lanfer's home, where the vic
Tins were we'll known. For fear
that Miss Blaine may not be able to
Withstand the shock of being told of
her chum's death. that news is being
kept from her until such time as
her condition may warrant.
Rarned Trying to Save Companion.
The burns that caused Miss Cross
fey's sudden end came as result of
her endeavors to give aid to her
companion. AS told yesterday. she
had attempted to heat q bottle full
OF alcohol over the flame OF a kero-
sene lamp, when the bottle bursted
and the flaming contents spread over
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