Year: 1877

A YOUNG LADY TERRIBLY BURNED
WHILE ENDEAVORING TO POUR


COAL OIL UPON A FIRE-A GEN


TLEMAN ALSO BADLY BURNED


Another of those terrible burning cases
caused by endeavoring to make fire
with coal oil, occurred in this city early
this morning.


About $50 o'clock the neighborhood
of Taylor and Kirkwood streets was
startled by loud explosion. At first it
was thought to have been one of the
powder mills, but following close upon
the report came the loud and piercing
shrieks of lady, evidently in distress.
The neighbors rushed to the place where
the shrieks proceeded from, Wien to their
horror it was learned that a young lady
was on fire.


A reporter of this paper, hearing of
case, visited the locality spoken of above,
and from the large crowd standing in
front of the house soon ascertain where
IL was. The horrible accident occurred
at the bakery of John G.. Heinel, situated
at the 5. w. corner of Taylor and Kirk
wood streets.


From information received from those
who were in the house at the time of the
accident, it was ascertained that about
$50 O'Clock this morning, Miss Neb.
Derrickson, young lady aged seventeen
years, and employed by Mr.. Heinel, was
engaged in making a fire in the cook
stove. 1t burned very slow at first, and
wishing to hurry it up, she took gallon
can, which was nearly full of coal oil,
and while endeavoring to pour some of it
upon the fire, the flames were communi-
Gated to the can, and it Immediately
took fire and exploded; most Of the oil
being thrown upon the clothing of Miss
Derrickson. OF course her clothing was
Immediately one sheet Of flame, and in
this condition she ran shrieking from the
shell in which the stove was situated into
the store, where another young lady was
engaged at work. Fortunately for the
young lady, MIR. Heinel was just about
leaving to serve his second round of
bread, and hearing the shrieks he rushed
into the house and seeing the young lady
in flames, he caught hold of her and COM
menced to tear off her clothing, and sue
ceeding in very few minutes in strip
ping her Of her garments. The young
lady is terribly burned about the body
from the waist up to her arm pits. Her
| drIns are ALSO very severely Durneu' her
hair was also singed, but luckily her face
and neck escaped being burned.


In tearing off her clothing, Mr.. Heinel
caught hold of them with his left hand,
and of course the burning oil stuck to
them. To remove it he drew his hand
across his pantaloons, and as he did so be
removed all the skin, leaving nothing but
the raw meat, and his right hand Is also
badly burned. ...., ID,


After the accident, DR.. Draper was
hastily summoned and has done all in his
power to alleviate the sufferings of the
unfortunate young lady. The burn is q
very severe one and may prove fatal. II
Mr.. Heinel had been one minute later
the young lady would have been burned
TO death,


This should be warning to every one
not 10 use coal oil on fire.


The heat from the fire was so intense
that 1t melted the can that contained the


oil, and also a water cooler that was sit


ting in the corner at the time. The


flames were also communicated to the
shed and it required several buckets O
4 water to eXtinguish them.