People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — THE OLD STORY. [ARTICLE]

THE OLD STORY.

The Usual Result Follows an Attempt to Light a Fire with Kerosene in Madison. Madison, Wis., June 21.—Fire Tuesday afternoon caught in the kitchen of the residence of A. Van Deusen, a merchan t in this city, and ruined the building. An 18-months-old son of M-. Van Deusen was seated before the stove in a high chair and was burned to death. The servant girl was so severely burned that she cannot live, and a 3-year-old daughter was badly burned about the abdomen and back, but will recover. The mother and another child left early in the afternoon for a visit out of town and had not returned. The cause of the fire is unknown, but circumstances point to an attempt on the part of the servant girl to light the fire with kerosene.