Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, October 15, 1908
A gloom was cast over the entire city this morning when the news spread that Mrs. Edward [Clara MONTGOMERY] MURPHY, of south Madison street, had been horribly burned while burning leaves, dry grass and old rubbish in the rear yard at her home.
The terrible accident happened about 10:30 o'clock and only a couple of minutes before Merle REAM, the milkman, who drove down the alley, exchanged remarks with her concerning her work and she replied "I'm trying to get rid of some of the trash." Mr. Ream had only reached the cross alleys when he was attracted to the Murphy residence by a piercing scream and running to that place he beheld Mrs. Murphy making her way to the house with flames all over her body. Before he could reach the unfortunate woman she sank to the ground. Mr. Ream, with others who had been drawn to the scene by the lady's screams, succeeded in getting the flames out and removed the sufferer into the house. Medical aid was at once summoned and at the time of going to press the attending physicians hold out a hope for her recovery although she is in a precarious condition.
It is thought the wind must have blown her clothing over the fire unknown to her and before she noticed it had spread to alarming proportions.
The whole affair is most deplorable and sadness was expressed on every hand by sympathetic Rochester people.
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, October 16, 1908
The second shock of the horrible accident of Thursday in which Mrs. Edward MURPHY, of this city, was terribly burned, came this morning, at two o'clock, when the unfortunate lady passed away.
Clara [G.] MONTGOMERY MURPHY was born April 11, 1878, in Fulton county, and from early girlhood was dearly loved by all who knew her. She graduated from the High school of this city, and early became identified with the Presbyterian faith, to which she clung until death.
October 14, 1903, she was united in marriage with County Clerk Edward [E.] MURPHY, and to this union were born two children, Robert [MURPHY] and Hugh [MURPHY], who survive with the sorrowing father and husband. Besides these, deceased leaves mother, Mrs. Alice MONTGOMERY and four brothers, Wilson [MONTGOMERY] and Charles [MONTGOMERY],
of San Marcos, Texas, Robert [MONTGOMERY] of Purdue and Guy [MONTGOMERY] who lives with his mother west of town.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
This untimely death of one of Rochester's most amiable and promising women has cast a pall over the entire community and the universal sadness is a glowing tribute to the life closed so early by fate.
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Saturday, October 17, 1908
The funeral of Mrs. Edward MURPHY will be held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the residence. Interment will be made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1908-1910
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
Thursday, October 15, 1908
A gloom was cast over the entire city this morning when the news spread that Mrs. Edward [Clara MONTGOMERY] MURPHY, of south Madison street, had been horribly burned while burning leaves, dry grass and old rubbish in the rear yard at her home.
The terrible accident happened about 10:30 o'clock and only a couple of minutes before Merle REAM, the milkman, who drove down the alley, exchanged remarks with her concerning her work and she replied "I'm trying to get rid of some of the trash." Mr. Ream had only reached the cross alleys when he was attracted to the Murphy residence by a piercing scream and running to that place he beheld Mrs. Murphy making her way to the house with flames all over her body. Before he could reach the unfortunate woman she sank to the ground. Mr. Ream, with others who had been drawn to the scene by the lady's screams, succeeded in getting the flames out and removed the sufferer into the house. Medical aid was at once summoned and at the time of going to press the attending physicians hold out a hope for her recovery although she is in a precarious condition.
It is thought the wind must have blown her clothing over the fire unknown to her and before she noticed it had spread to alarming proportions.
The whole affair is most deplorable and sadness was expressed on every hand by sympathetic Rochester people.
-----
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, October 16, 1908
The second shock of the horrible accident of Thursday in which Mrs. Edward MURPHY, of this city, was terribly burned, came this morning, at two o'clock, when the unfortunate lady passed away.
Clara [G.] MONTGOMERY MURPHY was born April 11, 1878, in Fulton county, and from early girlhood was dearly loved by all who knew her. She graduated from the High school of this city, and early became identified with the Presbyterian faith, to which she clung until death.
October 14, 1903, she was united in marriage with County Clerk Edward [E.] MURPHY, and to this union were born two children, Robert [MURPHY] and Hugh [MURPHY], who survive with the sorrowing father and husband. Besides these, deceased leaves mother, Mrs. Alice MONTGOMERY and four brothers, Wilson [MONTGOMERY] and Charles [MONTGOMERY],
of San Marcos, Texas, Robert [MONTGOMERY] of Purdue and Guy [MONTGOMERY] who lives with his mother west of town.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
This untimely death of one of Rochester's most amiable and promising women has cast a pall over the entire community and the universal sadness is a glowing tribute to the life closed so early by fate.
-----
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Saturday, October 17, 1908
The funeral of Mrs. Edward MURPHY will be held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the residence. Interment will be made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1908-1910
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, October 15, 1908
A gloom was cast over the entire city this morning when the news spread that Mrs. Edward [Clara MONTGOMERY] MURPHY, of south Madison street, had been horribly burned while burning leaves, dry grass and old rubbish in the rear yard at her home.
The terrible accident happened about 10:30 o'clock and only a couple of minutes before Merle REAM, the milkman, who drove down the alley, exchanged remarks with her concerning her work and she replied "I'm trying to get rid of some of the trash." Mr. Ream had only reached the cross alleys when he was attracted to the Murphy residence by a piercing scream and running to that place he beheld Mrs. Murphy making her way to the house with flames all over her body. Before he could reach the unfortunate woman she sank to the ground. Mr. Ream, with others who had been drawn to the scene by the lady's screams, succeeded in getting the flames out and removed the sufferer into the house. Medical aid was at once summoned and at the time of going to press the attending physicians hold out a hope for her recovery although she is in a precarious condition.
It is thought the wind must have blown her clothing over the fire unknown to her and before she noticed it had spread to alarming proportions.
The whole affair is most deplorable and sadness was expressed on every hand by sympathetic Rochester people.
-----
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, October 16, 1908
The second shock of the horrible accident of Thursday in which Mrs. Edward MURPHY, of this city, was terribly burned, came this morning, at two o'clock, when the unfortunate lady passed away.
Clara [G.] MONTGOMERY MURPHY was born April 11, 1878, in Fulton county, and from early girlhood was dearly loved by all who knew her. She graduated from the High school of this city, and early became identified with the Presbyterian faith, to which she clung until death.
October 14, 1903, she was united in marriage with County Clerk Edward [E.] MURPHY, and to this union were born two children, Robert [MURPHY] and Hugh [MURPHY], who survive with the sorrowing father and husband. Besides these, deceased leaves mother, Mrs. Alice MONTGOMERY and four brothers, Wilson [MONTGOMERY] and Charles [MONTGOMERY],
of San Marcos, Texas, Robert [MONTGOMERY] of Purdue and Guy [MONTGOMERY] who lives with his mother west of town.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
This untimely death of one of Rochester's most amiable and promising women has cast a pall over the entire community and the universal sadness is a glowing tribute to the life closed so early by fate.
-----
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Saturday, October 17, 1908
The funeral of Mrs. Edward MURPHY will be held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the residence. Interment will be made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1908-1910
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
Thursday, October 15, 1908
A gloom was cast over the entire city this morning when the news spread that Mrs. Edward [Clara MONTGOMERY] MURPHY, of south Madison street, had been horribly burned while burning leaves, dry grass and old rubbish in the rear yard at her home.
The terrible accident happened about 10:30 o'clock and only a couple of minutes before Merle REAM, the milkman, who drove down the alley, exchanged remarks with her concerning her work and she replied "I'm trying to get rid of some of the trash." Mr. Ream had only reached the cross alleys when he was attracted to the Murphy residence by a piercing scream and running to that place he beheld Mrs. Murphy making her way to the house with flames all over her body. Before he could reach the unfortunate woman she sank to the ground. Mr. Ream, with others who had been drawn to the scene by the lady's screams, succeeded in getting the flames out and removed the sufferer into the house. Medical aid was at once summoned and at the time of going to press the attending physicians hold out a hope for her recovery although she is in a precarious condition.
It is thought the wind must have blown her clothing over the fire unknown to her and before she noticed it had spread to alarming proportions.
The whole affair is most deplorable and sadness was expressed on every hand by sympathetic Rochester people.
-----
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, October 16, 1908
The second shock of the horrible accident of Thursday in which Mrs. Edward MURPHY, of this city, was terribly burned, came this morning, at two o'clock, when the unfortunate lady passed away.
Clara [G.] MONTGOMERY MURPHY was born April 11, 1878, in Fulton county, and from early girlhood was dearly loved by all who knew her. She graduated from the High school of this city, and early became identified with the Presbyterian faith, to which she clung until death.
October 14, 1903, she was united in marriage with County Clerk Edward [E.] MURPHY, and to this union were born two children, Robert [MURPHY] and Hugh [MURPHY], who survive with the sorrowing father and husband. Besides these, deceased leaves mother, Mrs. Alice MONTGOMERY and four brothers, Wilson [MONTGOMERY] and Charles [MONTGOMERY],
of San Marcos, Texas, Robert [MONTGOMERY] of Purdue and Guy [MONTGOMERY] who lives with his mother west of town.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
This untimely death of one of Rochester's most amiable and promising women has cast a pall over the entire community and the universal sadness is a glowing tribute to the life closed so early by fate.
-----
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Saturday, October 17, 1908
The funeral of Mrs. Edward MURPHY will be held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the residence. Interment will be made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1908-1910
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
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