Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-06
GIRL FATALLY BURNED PLAYING
WITH SISTERS In OPEN FIELD
SHE WALKS 500 YARDS TO help
Obeda LarigOS Clothing Catches Fire From Flames in
Grass, Her Sisters Say and She Supports Statement
Before Losing COnsCiOusness-Death Relieves

( Her clothing entirely burned from
her body and her body burned until
death came to her as a relief, Obe-
dia Largo, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Enrique LaIigo Of 337 II ave-
nue., died at the Calumet hospital
Monday morning shortly before 4
o'clock. aged Is years. The girl
suffered the burns Sunday after
noon, sometimes near o'clock. Just
how the fire happened to catch in
her clothing seems to be something
standing Of the parents. and it is
the belief expressed by the girl her
self in her conscious moments after
the tragedy, that there was lire in
! the grass. near where she sat down
while she was out for a walk
To those who saw the girl after
she wal taken to the hospital Sun
! day night, the statement that she
walked more than quarter of a
mile after the accident appears al
most incredible, but Ghere is uncon-
! itTovertible evidence that she did 50.
In fact, that is the statement not
only of her sisters. Amelia and
! Teresa, VINO were with her, but Of
her parents, who were at home
when she returned The facts Of
the accident, as near as they could
be gathered yesterday, were as fol-
lows:
! Sunday afternoon about $3.50 the
three girls left their home for a
walk, intending to go west in the
direction Of the Copper Queen
smelter. They walked to the South
ern Pacific tracks west Of Railroad
avenue and thence across the tracks
to a. point fixed at about 100 yards
west. Here they stopped and sat
down, apparently having found
something that interested them. The
victim of the accident suddenly dis
covered there was fire in the back
4 of her dress and ran screaming and
her sisters ran after her, Amelia
overtaking her and making desper-
ate efforts ( to put out the flames.
AS a result, Amelia's hands both
are terribly burned.
The flames, having eaten away
the girls clothing, the poor creature
continued the journey toward her
home. A smelterman coming from
work saw the predicament of the in
jured girl and removed his coat and
Ispread it about her and allowed her
to wear it to her home.
Arrived at their home and the
family learning of the accident, a
icall was quickly made for a doctor,
but the first one called was not OBJ
! 10 hoI - hr
sought, it being Sunday and doctors
not being about their offices. AS
soon as medical aid arrived the
girl was taken to- the hospital,
where she fingered until yesterday
morning when Death ended her ter
rible suffering.
The girls body was terribly burn
ed all around the main portions of
the torso and the lower limbs also
were burned until portions of the
flesh fell away. The arms were
badly burned close to the body. The
face, strange as it may seem, was
not SO seriously burned and the
hair was only scorched and it was
the statement of some who helped
to treat the girl that there was no
indication of the month being burn
eo. 1t was the belief of those who
saw her that death would neces-
sarily have resulted from shock,
even, if she did not inhale the
flames
Abedia Largo was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Enrique Largo,
being one of family of nine chill
dren. She is survived by her par
ents, three brothers and five sis
tiers. She was born at Naco, AriZ.,
15 years, ago and was pupil in 2b
grade at the Second street school.
The body is at the chapel of Porter
& Ames and the funeral will be
held at 10 a. m. today.
There was a disposition on the
lpart of some who learned of the
Iaccident that caused death of the
Largo girl that the case was one
where an inquest should be held
and legal inquiry be made to deter
mine how a fire happened to be put
out at the point where it apparently
was responsible for the girls cloth
/ ing to be set on fire. 1t was sug-
gested that there was sufficient
mystery in connection with the case
to warrant judicial inquiry by Off
GERS to establish to a reasonable
certainty just how the clothing
caught fire. 1t was not announced
yesterday that any official inquiry
would be made, as it was the ex-
pressed belief of the officers ques-
toned that the case was one of ac-
cident. 1t seemed also to be likely
Al
public avenue for travel when the
clothing caught fire and therefore
that the fire might have been pur-
posely placed out by the owners OF
the land where it was said to have
been burning.