Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1909 — WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. [ARTICLE]

WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

Neighbors Rescue Infant Following Explosion of Can of Kerosene. Winamac, Ind., December 3. Mrs. John Shafer, aged 21, of near here, was burned to death yesterday at her home, following the explosion of a can of kerosene. Mrs. Shafer, while preparing a meal, poured coal oil on glowing embers in the kitchen stove. She was suddenly enveloped in flames and in her attempt to extinguish her burning clothing the frenzied woman accidentally set Are to a bed on which her three-months-old baby was sleeping. Neighbors who were attracted to the house by the ..creams of the woman rescued the infant in the nick of time and so nd Mrs. Shafer dead. The woman’- husband was away from home when the accident occured.