Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1911 — LAMP UPSETS BURNS WOMAN [ARTICLE]

LAMP UPSETS BURNS WOMAN

Neighbors Arrive Too Late to Save Life of Mrs. Hunt. Danville, Ind,, Feb. 16.—Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 87 years old, was burned to death at Hadley, five miles west of here, her clothing taking fire from an overturned lamp. Her screams attracted neighbors In time to save the house. Mrs. Hunt lived alone. She ran out of the house and rolled in the snow in an effort to extinguish the flames, but without success. She died a few hours later in great agony.