STEPHEN PANOWITZ
Frolic has a Sad Ending
Little son of ex-alder
John Panowitz of Two Rivers Probably Fatally Burned by Playing with Bonfire
With his clothing in flames and his pitiful screams for help arousing every one,
a little 8 year old son of ex-ald. John Panowitz of Two Rivers ran for a block to
his home, and before assistance could extinguish the flames the boy's body and neck
had been badly burned and he had inhaled smoke and flames that make his condition
well nigh hopeless. The accident happened about one o'clock Sunday afternoon on
Division Street in Two Rivers, where young Panowitz in the company with a number
of other lads was busied in building a small bon fire in the street.
It all happened so quickly that those who saw the occurrence have no clear recollection
of just how the unfortunate lad's clothing caught fire. It is believed that while
lighting matches to start the blaze the lad carelessly allowed the flames to catch
his clothing. Instead of calling on his companions for aid the frightened boy started
to run to his home nearly a block distant. There was a strong wind blowing at the time
and fanned by this the clothes of the boy burned rapidly and when assistance finally
put out the blaze young Panowitz was suffering in terrible agony.
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
No newspaper cited, April 27, 1905
********
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 24 Apr.)
The 8-yr. old son of ex-Alderman Panowitz was among several
children who built a fire in the street, and his clothes
caught fire. His father heard his screams and quickly put
out the fire by wrapping him in a tablecloth, but the child
had already suffered severe burns. Drs. Currens and Christensen
took him in their care, but the child died Mon. evening in
terrible pain.
Der Nord Westen, 27 Apr. 1905
********
Stephen Pananitz (sic)
birth: 1898 Two Rivers
death: 25 April 1905 Two Rivers, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
burial: Two Rivers
residence: 1905 Two Rivers
father: John Pannanitz
Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STEPHAN PANOWITZ
FATALLY BURNED
Last Sunday, little Stephan Panowitz, the eight year old son of ex-alderman John Panowitz of the Fifth Ward, was so severely burned that death resulted within a few hours. The body was playing about a little bonfire of rubbish in the street and in some manner his clothes caught fire. The boy ran screaming to his home and was met by his father who hastily snatched a table cloth from a table and rushed out and smothered the flames with it. But the boy's clothes were nearly burned from his body and the poor boy was terribly blackened and blistered. His sufferings were intense until death came to his relief. Death resulted from the poor boy's burns about 36 hours after the accident but his sufferings were intense in spite of all that could be done for him until the end came.
Two Rivers Chronicle, Tues., Apr. 25, 1905.
Frolic has a Sad Ending
Little son of ex-alder
John Panowitz of Two Rivers Probably Fatally Burned by Playing with Bonfire
With his clothing in flames and his pitiful screams for help arousing every one,
a little 8 year old son of ex-ald. John Panowitz of Two Rivers ran for a block to
his home, and before assistance could extinguish the flames the boy's body and neck
had been badly burned and he had inhaled smoke and flames that make his condition
well nigh hopeless. The accident happened about one o'clock Sunday afternoon on
Division Street in Two Rivers, where young Panowitz in the company with a number
of other lads was busied in building a small bon fire in the street.
It all happened so quickly that those who saw the occurrence have no clear recollection
of just how the unfortunate lad's clothing caught fire. It is believed that while
lighting matches to start the blaze the lad carelessly allowed the flames to catch
his clothing. Instead of calling on his companions for aid the frightened boy started
to run to his home nearly a block distant. There was a strong wind blowing at the time
and fanned by this the clothes of the boy burned rapidly and when assistance finally
put out the blaze young Panowitz was suffering in terrible agony.
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
No newspaper cited, April 27, 1905
********
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 24 Apr.)
The 8-yr. old son of ex-Alderman Panowitz was among several
children who built a fire in the street, and his clothes
caught fire. His father heard his screams and quickly put
out the fire by wrapping him in a tablecloth, but the child
had already suffered severe burns. Drs. Currens and Christensen
took him in their care, but the child died Mon. evening in
terrible pain.
Der Nord Westen, 27 Apr. 1905
********
Stephen Pananitz (sic)
birth: 1898 Two Rivers
death: 25 April 1905 Two Rivers, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
burial: Two Rivers
residence: 1905 Two Rivers
father: John Pannanitz
Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STEPHAN PANOWITZ
FATALLY BURNED
Last Sunday, little Stephan Panowitz, the eight year old son of ex-alderman John Panowitz of the Fifth Ward, was so severely burned that death resulted within a few hours. The body was playing about a little bonfire of rubbish in the street and in some manner his clothes caught fire. The boy ran screaming to his home and was met by his father who hastily snatched a table cloth from a table and rushed out and smothered the flames with it. But the boy's clothes were nearly burned from his body and the poor boy was terribly blackened and blistered. His sufferings were intense until death came to his relief. Death resulted from the poor boy's burns about 36 hours after the accident but his sufferings were intense in spite of all that could be done for him until the end came.
Two Rivers Chronicle, Tues., Apr. 25, 1905.
STEPHEN PANOWITZ
Frolic has a Sad Ending
Little son of ex-alder
John Panowitz of Two Rivers Probably Fatally Burned by Playing with Bonfire
With his clothing in flames and his pitiful screams for help arousing every one,
a little 8 year old son of ex-ald. John Panowitz of Two Rivers ran for a block to
his home, and before assistance could extinguish the flames the boy's body and neck
had been badly burned and he had inhaled smoke and flames that make his condition
well nigh hopeless. The accident happened about one o'clock Sunday afternoon on
Division Street in Two Rivers, where young Panowitz in the company with a number
of other lads was busied in building a small bon fire in the street.
It all happened so quickly that those who saw the occurrence have no clear recollection
of just how the unfortunate lad's clothing caught fire. It is believed that while
lighting matches to start the blaze the lad carelessly allowed the flames to catch
his clothing. Instead of calling on his companions for aid the frightened boy started
to run to his home nearly a block distant. There was a strong wind blowing at the time
and fanned by this the clothes of the boy burned rapidly and when assistance finally
put out the blaze young Panowitz was suffering in terrible agony.
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
No newspaper cited, April 27, 1905
********
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 24 Apr.)
The 8-yr. old son of ex-Alderman Panowitz was among several
children who built a fire in the street, and his clothes
caught fire. His father heard his screams and quickly put
out the fire by wrapping him in a tablecloth, but the child
had already suffered severe burns. Drs. Currens and Christensen
took him in their care, but the child died Mon. evening in
terrible pain.
Der Nord Westen, 27 Apr. 1905
********
Stephen Pananitz (sic)
birth: 1898 Two Rivers
death: 25 April 1905 Two Rivers, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
burial: Two Rivers
residence: 1905 Two Rivers
father: John Pannanitz
Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STEPHAN PANOWITZ
FATALLY BURNED
Last Sunday, little Stephan Panowitz, the eight year old son of ex-alderman John Panowitz of the Fifth Ward, was so severely burned that death resulted within a few hours. The body was playing about a little bonfire of rubbish in the street and in some manner his clothes caught fire. The boy ran screaming to his home and was met by his father who hastily snatched a table cloth from a table and rushed out and smothered the flames with it. But the boy's clothes were nearly burned from his body and the poor boy was terribly blackened and blistered. His sufferings were intense until death came to his relief. Death resulted from the poor boy's burns about 36 hours after the accident but his sufferings were intense in spite of all that could be done for him until the end came.
Two Rivers Chronicle, Tues., Apr. 25, 1905.
Frolic has a Sad Ending
Little son of ex-alder
John Panowitz of Two Rivers Probably Fatally Burned by Playing with Bonfire
With his clothing in flames and his pitiful screams for help arousing every one,
a little 8 year old son of ex-ald. John Panowitz of Two Rivers ran for a block to
his home, and before assistance could extinguish the flames the boy's body and neck
had been badly burned and he had inhaled smoke and flames that make his condition
well nigh hopeless. The accident happened about one o'clock Sunday afternoon on
Division Street in Two Rivers, where young Panowitz in the company with a number
of other lads was busied in building a small bon fire in the street.
It all happened so quickly that those who saw the occurrence have no clear recollection
of just how the unfortunate lad's clothing caught fire. It is believed that while
lighting matches to start the blaze the lad carelessly allowed the flames to catch
his clothing. Instead of calling on his companions for aid the frightened boy started
to run to his home nearly a block distant. There was a strong wind blowing at the time
and fanned by this the clothes of the boy burned rapidly and when assistance finally
put out the blaze young Panowitz was suffering in terrible agony.
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
No newspaper cited, April 27, 1905
********
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 24 Apr.)
The 8-yr. old son of ex-Alderman Panowitz was among several
children who built a fire in the street, and his clothes
caught fire. His father heard his screams and quickly put
out the fire by wrapping him in a tablecloth, but the child
had already suffered severe burns. Drs. Currens and Christensen
took him in their care, but the child died Mon. evening in
terrible pain.
Der Nord Westen, 27 Apr. 1905
********
Stephen Pananitz (sic)
birth: 1898 Two Rivers
death: 25 April 1905 Two Rivers, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
burial: Two Rivers
residence: 1905 Two Rivers
father: John Pannanitz
Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STEPHAN PANOWITZ
FATALLY BURNED
Last Sunday, little Stephan Panowitz, the eight year old son of ex-alderman John Panowitz of the Fifth Ward, was so severely burned that death resulted within a few hours. The body was playing about a little bonfire of rubbish in the street and in some manner his clothes caught fire. The boy ran screaming to his home and was met by his father who hastily snatched a table cloth from a table and rushed out and smothered the flames with it. But the boy's clothes were nearly burned from his body and the poor boy was terribly blackened and blistered. His sufferings were intense until death came to his relief. Death resulted from the poor boy's burns about 36 hours after the accident but his sufferings were intense in spite of all that could be done for him until the end came.
Two Rivers Chronicle, Tues., Apr. 25, 1905.
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