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lor his ca pm re. ; bAs Nora Salisbury, the sixteen year j e; old daughter of Thomas Salisbury j of Lam on i, attempted to start a I 0 smouldering fire with kerosene, pour- | f ing from a three-gallon can, an ex* j e plosion resulted burning her to death, j I Gas had evidently formed in the cav- | 1 1 itv of the can. over the oil as the can J ** 1 texploded. Oil was scattered over the !girl and the room and , burst into 1 1flames. The girl ran screaming ! \across the road and fell at Howard \ :Dixon's door. Drs. J. B. Horner, 13. j . Greer, C. E. Wright were called and j hastened to the patient, finding her j literally burned from head to ankles, j except a strip across the breast and | face, the skin and flesh dropping j from the bones. She was given pro- I per attention and her sufferings as- j suaged with proper remedies. Mrs. i Salisbury died recently, leaving the ; care of the house and several younger j children to Nora’s care. The doctors = extend little if any hope teat she will : recover.
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Weekly Tribune
Moulton, Iowa, US
Fri, Jul 29, 1904
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