Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-01

Doctors say her fate was settled
the instant she decided to heat it,
for no matter whether she heated 1t
In an open receptacle or In bottle,
1t was bound to become ignited. AS
she held the bottle over the fame
of the lamp the alcohol vaporized,
the bottle was blown to many pieces
by the force Of an explosion of the
liquid and Miss Crossley became
living torch.
Ran About all Afiames
With her clothes enveloped in
BIaine's room. The latter attempted
to extinguish the flames that we're
licking out the life Of her companion,
but In SO doing she herself became a
veritable torch and the pair scream
ed and battled madIy with the
flames. They rolled on the floor and
attempted to wrap themselves in
rugs, bed clothes and the like.
Miss LittelI Does Heroic Work.
Miss Littell was In an adjoining
room and was first to render aid
after hearing the agonizing screams.
She ran to their room and gave aid
to the first one she met, who hap
pened to be Mifa Blaine. She assist
ed in wrapping a rug about her and
In that way smothered the flames.
Miss Crossley rolled on the bed and
floor at times In vain endeavors to
smother the flames. Her mad dash
from one room to the other with
clothing ablaze had caused the
flames to be famed and thereby in
creased. When Miss Blaine had
been saved, Miss Crossley had been
burned so frightfully as to be al
most beyond aid Practically every
particle of clothing had been con-
snmed and her form covered with
burns. When physicians saw that
she was in a critical condition they
only endeavored to make the remain
ing hours OF her life as comfortable
as possible.
Taught Seven Years.
Miss Crossley had been teacher
for the past seven years. She came
here about two years and three
months ago from New York city.
She taught in the fourth grade of
public school No. A, and was grad
uate OF the Bloomsbury Normal
School of Pennsylvania. Miss Blaine
came here from auburn, Il. l., a year
and three months ago. She gradual
ed from the Rhode Island Normal
School at ProyiS nee. r. /.
Gloom In Schools.
Today when news of the fatality
spread there came ~loom over pub
lie SCI iol principals and teachers
throughout the city. For some time
a rumor was afloat that Miss Anna
Gates, a teacher I'm school No. Z, and
Miss Alma Jayne, a teacher in school
No. L, were the victims. Several
teachers made inquiries to school
heads as to the condition of Misses
Gates and Jayne. When the true
facts became known many sympa-
thfzers called at the Lanief home
and most OF them left weeping
superintendent of Schools 8. E.
Shull called up the attending physi-
clans about 8 oselock this morning
and asked when his teachers could
return to work. He was tt. one
would never return and the other
might resume her duties in two
months or so.
Doctors Tell OF Danger.
DIR. J. @. Wilson and DIR. G.. w.
Fithian, the attending physicians,
have had narrow escapes from being
burned by flaming alcohol and both
deem 1t one of the most. treacherous
of liquids. DR.. Fithian says 1t cam
not be depended upon. as 1t may ex-
plode very easily at times and some-
times only with difficulty. His face
was recently burned and one eye
brow scared when an alcohol heater
exploded In his office. He has since
dispensed with the use OF such
heater and believes the public should
be warned about the use OF alcohol.