Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1901 — FOUR SISTERS DIE IN FIRE. [ARTICLE]

FOUR SISTERS DIE IN FIRE.

K*s«iU of I'h of Kerosene In Storting Hfau. In Blove. Plttfiburg telfegram: Four persons were burned to death and two seriously injured in r fire at 4:30 o’clock a. m. which destroyed the residence of J. G. Miller on Charles street In Knoxville, a suburb of this city. The oead: Miller, Rose, aged 2” years, terribly burned, died on the way to the hospital; Miller, Amelia, aged 19 years, suffocated by the smoke; Miller, Amanda, aged 16 years, suffocated by the smoke; Miller, Sylvia, aged 9 years, suffocated. The injured: Miller, J. G., the father, jumped from second-story window, leg broken and bruised, will recover; Miller, Mrs., badly burned and on verge of nervous prostration. Two other daughters, 11 and 13 years old, escaped without injury. The lire was caused by pouring kerosene into the stove to start the fire for breakfast. The oil In the can ignited, and the explosion which followed scattered the burning oil over the room. The flames sprend so quickly that Mr. Miller wus compelled to Jump from the second-story window after rescuing his wife and two of his younger daughters. Mrs. Miller was Just recovering from a severe illness and is almost distracted over the terrible affair. Fears are entertained that she will not survive the shock.