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BURNED TO DEATHv.v !x vWofcxv.v.vr*v.'w.v.-.' ••-r----- ■ £ ;.£y. lt;• xt Me- x- -v-x« - -: -:- :■ x-:? :ov. cd;. • ■ . ■,V«A'/AViyXyi.X-X;:Mrs. Helen ChilesDied from injuries sustained in. a kerosene biast at her home in Mokane.Goes Back to the Floor of the House for Another Heated DisputeA QUESTION OF HELPIN BLASTAT HERMrs. Helen Boone Chiles Fatally Burned as Kerosene ExplodesHAD PLANNED PARTY FOR HER CHILDRENHusband and Father Rush to Her Aid; Neighbors Extinguish the FireA merry birthday party planned for her two small children Sunday. morning cost the life of Mrs. Helen Chiles, 21-year-old Mokane woman., She died at 7 a. m. in a Fulton hospital, the victim of burns suffered- Saturday morning when she poured kerosene from a can into her : kitchen stove.A+tnr*flf»U nonoral Tnlrl Qnrl%/Mrs. Chiles was hurled across the room in the explosion which followed and the house caught lire- as the blazing contents ot the can were sprayed over the floor.Her husband and father rushed into the room and wrapped her in a blanket to extinguish the flames that burned at her clothing.To Fulton HospitalMrs. Chiles was taken to the Fulton hospital while neighbors, attracted f|3r the blast, saved her home fr' - destruction by the fire. On the table when the explo-
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Jefferson City Post Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Mon, Mar 01, 1937
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