Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1913 — 15-Year-Old Giri Died Suddenly at Home Near Parr. [ARTICLE]

15-Year-Old Giri Died Suddenly at Home Near Parr.

A very sudden and extremely sad death occurred, at the home of Fred Iliff on the Thompson ranch near Parr this Tuesday morning at 8:30 o’clock, when Hazel, the 15-yehrcid daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Iliff, passed away. The girl had been in apparently good health, but Sunday suffered two intestinal hemorrhages which were quite severe. That evening, he wever, she was considerably improved ai d drove over to Aix to attend cnurch. The next morning she cou’.d ■? 4 got up but she did not want a physician called. In the evening, however, she was much worse and a local physicion who was called found her condition very serious and at once called a specialist down from Chicago and he arrived at Parr on the 11 o’clock train, which was stopped to let him off. The girl was so weakened from loss of blood caused by an internal abscess, that it was decided impossible to save her life by operation and serum treatment was used to stop the flow of blood. She had very little blood left, however, and the specialist and physician recognized the /seriousness of her condition. She grew steadily weaker and death resulted at 8:30 o’clock this morning. . The girl’s mother is visiting her brother In Montafia and was telegraphed for as soon as the seriousness of the case was detei mined.