Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — Exploding Lamp Kills Two. [ARTICLE]

Exploding Lamp Kills Two.

South Norwalk, Conn., dispatch: Mrs.. Guy Pimbell cf Norwalk attempted to replenish the oil in a lighted lamp and an explosion followed, which scattered the blazing oil in all directions. Mrs. Pimbell and her three children were covered with the burning liquid, and two of them—Rose, aged 8 years, and Louis, aged 6—were burned to death. The mother and another daughter, Catherine, were also terribly burned and were removed to a hospital, where it was stated that neither would live.