The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-01
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CH|LDREN'S ESCAPE
FROM TRAGIC BLAZE
Tragedy Near Denbigh Follows
Attempt to Pour Fuel in
Lighted Lamp
ONE BODY NOT RECOVERED
Mrs. John kolvs, Mrs. John
Hanson and Small Daughter
Succumb to Burns
ONE BODY NOT RECOVERED

Towner, N. D.. Dec. l.-(ReFour
persons are dead and two others are
hospital patients IN Rugby Is . result
Of q fire which destroyed . farm home
six miles south Of Dunseith Friday
night. An explosion Of inflammable
liquid which occurred while . lamp
was being filled caused the fire.
TIE dead are:
Mrs. John Hanson, q, who died In
the hospital here early Saturday
morning.
Mrs. John Kolve, IS, mother Of
Ms. Hanson, who died In IN almbu-
lance on the way to Towner.
Carolina, small daughter OF Mrs.
Hanson, who was burned to death in
the house.
Sverre Helsenquist, hired man at
the farm, died ct the hospital satur-
day afternoon.
The burns suffered by John Han
son, husband Of the woman who died,
also are serious. He was burned about
the face and hands and on the chest.
Infants Barns Not SeFioas
Also In the hospital Is. the four
weeks-old infant, q child Of the Han
sons, who has only minor burns.
Four other persons were In the
house and escaped, either uninjured
or with only superficial burns. They
are Mrs. Mary Peterson, great gran
mother Of the Hanson children: John
Kolve. Jr., 16, son Of Mrs Kolve:
and Mildred and Minor Hanson, aged
i've and three respectively.
The aged Mrs. Peterson, who WIS
on the upstairs floor OF the house
when the explosion happened. made
her exit by Z rear stairway through
the kitchen, and was unframed.
The Kolve youth Is named Is the
rescuer from the flames Of three Of
the Hanson children who remain.
Members Of the family report that
John went back into the house to find
Carolina, but could not reach her on
account Of the intensity Of the flames.
The children are reported to have
been playing in the living room Of the
house, where the explosion is said to
have occurred, when the fire started.
BODY Not Recovered
The body Of Carolina was not re-
covered from the. flames.
Those Of Mrs. Hanson and Of Mrs.
Kolve are ct the Erickson mortuary
In Towner.
Members Of the family said that the
attempted filling Of the lamp Was
sbout 10 O'Clock Friday evening.
Adult members Of the family were
sitting around q table, and the small
or children played on the floor.
Mrs. Hanson was filling the lamp,
which stood lighted upon table. The
lamp was not Of the pressure type. It
was said. A two-gallon container was
being used for the replenishing. The
container Is supposed TO have held
kerosene.
As . result Of the explosion, flam-
ing liquid was sprayed upon the per-
Sons nearest. setting fire to their
clothing. The room quickly became
ablase. All the adults Ii the room.
seriously or fatally burned Is they
were, either escaped Ok were carried
out. while young Koave aided the
children,
Hanson expressed belief that Caro-
lima was underneath the table when
the explosion occurred.
When the flames enveloped the
house, two-story structure Of con-
crete and frame walls, the fire Was
seen BY neighbor, who lives across
the Mouse river from the Hanson
Kolve household.
OLE Kongslie. when hs saw the
building afire, went to the scene and
found the injured. He summoned
medical help BY going to the home
Of another neighbor who had Z tele-
phone. Several members Of the fam
lily were taken to Kongslie's home.