Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1906 — VICTIM OF DEADLY GASOLINE [ARTICLE]

VICTIM OF DEADLY GASOLINE

Woman Makes a Fatal Mistake In Thinking Sbe Had Tnrned Out the Burners. Veedersburg. Iml., Nov. 30. Mrs. Harvey Bush, of Wingate, was burned to death by the explosion of a gasoline stove. She was preparing the evening meal, when she noticed that the reservoir was nearly empty. She turned the burners out, as she supposed, nnd started to refill it, when the explosion came, and she was enveloped in a mass of flames. Her 7-year-old son ran to the kitchen. but she slammed the door against him. to save his life, and then she ran into tiie street, crying for help. C’liarles Tiffany, a neighbor, rushed to the house nnd threw a bucket of water over a smoldering mass in a corner of the room before he discovered that it was Mrs. Rush. The woman had been literally rousted. She lived but a few hours in an unconscious condition. Fnneral of President Kane. Crawfordsvillo. Ind.. Nov. 30.—The body of President W. P. Kane, of Wabash college, reached here at 7 p. m. yesterday. Ihe funeral will take place at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow at the college assembly hall, nnd I >r. George F. McIntosh, acting president, and Dr. M. L. Haines, of Indianapolis, a member of the board of trustees, will conduct the sendees. Professor M. B. Thomas, dean of the faculty, has taken charge of th" funeral arrangements.

Too Buy to Go to Charoh. Greenfield, Ind., Nov. 30.—Yielding to the persuasion of the women, the union 'thanksgiving services in this city were libld in the evening, Instead of the morning, as has heretofore been the custom. The housewives contended that they were too busy with preparation for dinner to attend church in the morning. Fatal Runaway Accident. Henryvllle. Ind., Nov. 30. While young people were returning from A entertainment at the Flat Woods school house, horses driven by Louis Vanmeter ran away, dashing Into a crowd and injuring several persons. The 14-year-old son or James IMxley .was hurt so badly that he died in a few hours. • 1 Anderson. lud., Nov. 29. While trying to light her pipe Mrs. Elizabeth Hoinel, a blind woman 72 years old, set Are to her clothing and was burned to death.