Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1903 — MERE ACT OF TREADING ON MATCH WAS FATAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MERE ACT OF TREADING ON MATCH WAS FATAL

Miss Marie Murphy of Pontiac, 111., who was severely burned in Denver, Colo., died in that city af:cr suffering most terribly. Miss Murphy, who was visiting at the home of X. Q. Tanquary, was returning from church, when she stepped on a match which was lying on the sidewalk. The match Ignited, and in a few seconds her entire clothing was ablaze. Assistance was soon at hand, but before the blaze was smothered it had severely burned her body. The victim was at once taken to a hospital, where she died before the arrival of her father, who was on a hunting expedition in western Colorado. She was to have been married to Dr. Albert Anderson of Montreal, Canada, upon her return hoint from Denver.

MISS MARIE MURPHY.