The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-12-18
GASOLINE CAUSE
Of BAD ACCIDENT

was reported that Miss Barbara
Kahn and Miss Azelie Savage,
teachers in the Roman public
school, had been seriously burned
by an explosion of gasoline.
AS was their usual custom on
Saturday, they had spent the
forenoon laundrying their clothes
in the laundry building of the
Sterling hotel. Immediately
after dinner they had secured
two gallons of gasoline and were
washing and cleaning a number
of dresses, sweaters and other
clothing. The weather being
cold, the door and windows of
the laundry were closed and a
fire burning in the stove. Miss
Kahn was over the pail of gaso-
line rubbing some clothes, Miss
Savage also being in the room,
when the vapor from the gas be-
came ignited. The sudden ex-
plosion knocked Miss Kahn down
and in an instant the entire
room was a solid flame. Miss
Savage succeeded in reaching
the door and getting it open,
passing on out and into the hotel
where she told of the accident
and asked someone to see about
Miss Kain. Both had screamed
when the explosion occurred and
Mr.. Sterling and others in the
store heard the cries and hurried
to the laundry. By the time they
reached there Miss Kain had
crawled out the door and was
sitting in the snow, apparently
unconscious of what had hap
pened but suffering great pain.
She was carried into the hotel
and both Drs. Fuhrer and Res
ner called to attend to their in
juries.
The doctors responded prompt
ly, DR.. Fuhrer being at the time
in the dining room of the hotel.
The burns of both proved so SER
ious that it took the attention of
both doctors, assisted by two
excellent trained nurses, Mrs.
Fuhrer and Miss Dagmar Swar-
stad, until late that evening be-
fore the wounds were dressed
and the pains of the suffering
patients partly relieved.
Both were severely burned
about the hands, arms, neck and
face, the skin of the arms and
portions of the face and hands
being entirely gone and the flesh
apparently cooked. Just how
serious it may prove, the doctors
say it will take some days to
tell. Miss Savage appears to be
standing the ordeal and recover
ing little better than Miss
Kain, and DR.. Resner hopes that
she will continue to improve and
possibly be able to resume her
work in the school room after
the holiday vacation.
DR.. Fuhrer is hopeful for an
ultimate recovery for Miss Kahn
but does not believe she will be
able to resume her work in the
school room again during this
school year. AS soon as she is
able to stand the trip she will be
taken to the hospital at St. Ig-
natius where every care and at
tention can be given her, while
Miss Savage will be removed to
the home of DR.. Resner and
there cared for to the best of
DR.. and Mrs. Resner's ability.
The accident is deplorable and
the two young ladies have the
deep sympathy of everyone in
Roman. Their enforced absence
from the school room will be felt
by their pupils, who also hope
for their speedy recovery.
Later-Dr. and Mrs. Fuhrer
took Miss Kain to the hospital at
St. Ignatius yesterday afternoon.
She had improved wonderfully
the past 48 hours and her steady
recovery is now expected. Miss
Savage is also doing exceedingly
well and her sneedv recovery is