Monrovia Daily News (Monrovia, CA.), P. 1, Col. 1-2
Tue., Nov. 4, 1913
GASOLINE EXPLOSION ENDS WITH A DOUBLE TRAGEDY
TWO DIE FROM EFFECT OF BURNS
Mrs. Benj. Crawshaw and Aged Mother Fail to Rally at Haben Hospital (Monrovia, CA.)
Mrs. Mary Francis Crawshaw and her aged mother, Mrs. Mary White, passed away yesterday evening at the Haben Hospital, as a result of a baptism of liquid flame received yesterday afternoon when a gasoline stove exploded in a rear room of the A. E. Poole residence on East Prospect avenue. Mr. And Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White have been living in the house as caretakers since the return of Mr. Poole and his family to Washington.
Just how the explosion occurred will probably never be known. Mrs. Crawshaw and her mother were alone in the house at the time, and the first that was known of the terrible accident was when Mr. C. A. Brunger heard the screams of the women. He rushed to their assistance and helped to get Mrs. White, who was a semi-invalid, out of the house. He then turned in the alarm and within a few seconds the fire department was on the scene. Firemen Crandall and Daugherty did heroic service in rescuing Mrs. Crawshaw and in fighting the flames, which had gained great headway in the two-story structure.
Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White were rushed with all possible speed to the Haben Hospital, where they were at once put under the influence of a strong anaesthetic, to lessen the pain occasioned by their injuries. They were both burned from head to foot, and so badly that their charred clothing fell away from them in ashes. Every possible effort was made to save them, but it was a hopeless fight from the first, and at 6:45 p. m., Mrs. White passed away, to be followed at 10 o'clock by her daughter.
Mrs. Crawshaw's injuries were received while she was trying to save her mother from the flames, and it is as a result of her heroic, unselfish bravery, that the tragedy is a double one.
Benjamin Crawshaw, the husband, was away in another part of the city at the time of the accident, and was rushed to his home by friends to see the house almost totally destroyed and his wife and mother-in-law fatally burned.
Last night, Mrs. Crawshaw, realizing perhaps that the end was near, called her husband to her bedside and calmly talked over their financial affairs, telling him where to find certain business papers, etc.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the Renaker chapel, and will be a double one. Rev. Clark Marsh will officiate at the chapel, while members of the Independent Order of Foresters, to which Mrs. Crawshaw belonged, will have charge of the services at Liveoak cemetery, where the bodies will be interred.
Mrs. Crawshaw was 39 years of age and her mother was 79. The family came to California from Ohio.
A request has been made by friends of the family for automobiles for use at the services tomorrow. Any one who wishes to help in this manner will please communicate with Mr. Gillogly or Mr. Chas. Hodge.
Tue., Nov. 4, 1913
GASOLINE EXPLOSION ENDS WITH A DOUBLE TRAGEDY
TWO DIE FROM EFFECT OF BURNS
Mrs. Benj. Crawshaw and Aged Mother Fail to Rally at Haben Hospital (Monrovia, CA.)
Mrs. Mary Francis Crawshaw and her aged mother, Mrs. Mary White, passed away yesterday evening at the Haben Hospital, as a result of a baptism of liquid flame received yesterday afternoon when a gasoline stove exploded in a rear room of the A. E. Poole residence on East Prospect avenue. Mr. And Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White have been living in the house as caretakers since the return of Mr. Poole and his family to Washington.
Just how the explosion occurred will probably never be known. Mrs. Crawshaw and her mother were alone in the house at the time, and the first that was known of the terrible accident was when Mr. C. A. Brunger heard the screams of the women. He rushed to their assistance and helped to get Mrs. White, who was a semi-invalid, out of the house. He then turned in the alarm and within a few seconds the fire department was on the scene. Firemen Crandall and Daugherty did heroic service in rescuing Mrs. Crawshaw and in fighting the flames, which had gained great headway in the two-story structure.
Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White were rushed with all possible speed to the Haben Hospital, where they were at once put under the influence of a strong anaesthetic, to lessen the pain occasioned by their injuries. They were both burned from head to foot, and so badly that their charred clothing fell away from them in ashes. Every possible effort was made to save them, but it was a hopeless fight from the first, and at 6:45 p. m., Mrs. White passed away, to be followed at 10 o'clock by her daughter.
Mrs. Crawshaw's injuries were received while she was trying to save her mother from the flames, and it is as a result of her heroic, unselfish bravery, that the tragedy is a double one.
Benjamin Crawshaw, the husband, was away in another part of the city at the time of the accident, and was rushed to his home by friends to see the house almost totally destroyed and his wife and mother-in-law fatally burned.
Last night, Mrs. Crawshaw, realizing perhaps that the end was near, called her husband to her bedside and calmly talked over their financial affairs, telling him where to find certain business papers, etc.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the Renaker chapel, and will be a double one. Rev. Clark Marsh will officiate at the chapel, while members of the Independent Order of Foresters, to which Mrs. Crawshaw belonged, will have charge of the services at Liveoak cemetery, where the bodies will be interred.
Mrs. Crawshaw was 39 years of age and her mother was 79. The family came to California from Ohio.
A request has been made by friends of the family for automobiles for use at the services tomorrow. Any one who wishes to help in this manner will please communicate with Mr. Gillogly or Mr. Chas. Hodge.
Monrovia Daily News (Monrovia, CA.), P. 1, Col. 1-2
Tue., Nov. 4, 1913
GASOLINE EXPLOSION ENDS WITH A DOUBLE TRAGEDY
TWO DIE FROM EFFECT OF BURNS
Mrs. Benj. Crawshaw and Aged Mother Fail to Rally at Haben Hospital (Monrovia, CA.)
Mrs. Mary Francis Crawshaw and her aged mother, Mrs. Mary White, passed away yesterday evening at the Haben Hospital, as a result of a baptism of liquid flame received yesterday afternoon when a gasoline stove exploded in a rear room of the A. E. Poole residence on East Prospect avenue. Mr. And Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White have been living in the house as caretakers since the return of Mr. Poole and his family to Washington.
Just how the explosion occurred will probably never be known. Mrs. Crawshaw and her mother were alone in the house at the time, and the first that was known of the terrible accident was when Mr. C. A. Brunger heard the screams of the women. He rushed to their assistance and helped to get Mrs. White, who was a semi-invalid, out of the house. He then turned in the alarm and within a few seconds the fire department was on the scene. Firemen Crandall and Daugherty did heroic service in rescuing Mrs. Crawshaw and in fighting the flames, which had gained great headway in the two-story structure.
Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White were rushed with all possible speed to the Haben Hospital, where they were at once put under the influence of a strong anaesthetic, to lessen the pain occasioned by their injuries. They were both burned from head to foot, and so badly that their charred clothing fell away from them in ashes. Every possible effort was made to save them, but it was a hopeless fight from the first, and at 6:45 p. m., Mrs. White passed away, to be followed at 10 o'clock by her daughter.
Mrs. Crawshaw's injuries were received while she was trying to save her mother from the flames, and it is as a result of her heroic, unselfish bravery, that the tragedy is a double one.
Benjamin Crawshaw, the husband, was away in another part of the city at the time of the accident, and was rushed to his home by friends to see the house almost totally destroyed and his wife and mother-in-law fatally burned.
Last night, Mrs. Crawshaw, realizing perhaps that the end was near, called her husband to her bedside and calmly talked over their financial affairs, telling him where to find certain business papers, etc.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the Renaker chapel, and will be a double one. Rev. Clark Marsh will officiate at the chapel, while members of the Independent Order of Foresters, to which Mrs. Crawshaw belonged, will have charge of the services at Liveoak cemetery, where the bodies will be interred.
Mrs. Crawshaw was 39 years of age and her mother was 79. The family came to California from Ohio.
A request has been made by friends of the family for automobiles for use at the services tomorrow. Any one who wishes to help in this manner will please communicate with Mr. Gillogly or Mr. Chas. Hodge.
Tue., Nov. 4, 1913
GASOLINE EXPLOSION ENDS WITH A DOUBLE TRAGEDY
TWO DIE FROM EFFECT OF BURNS
Mrs. Benj. Crawshaw and Aged Mother Fail to Rally at Haben Hospital (Monrovia, CA.)
Mrs. Mary Francis Crawshaw and her aged mother, Mrs. Mary White, passed away yesterday evening at the Haben Hospital, as a result of a baptism of liquid flame received yesterday afternoon when a gasoline stove exploded in a rear room of the A. E. Poole residence on East Prospect avenue. Mr. And Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White have been living in the house as caretakers since the return of Mr. Poole and his family to Washington.
Just how the explosion occurred will probably never be known. Mrs. Crawshaw and her mother were alone in the house at the time, and the first that was known of the terrible accident was when Mr. C. A. Brunger heard the screams of the women. He rushed to their assistance and helped to get Mrs. White, who was a semi-invalid, out of the house. He then turned in the alarm and within a few seconds the fire department was on the scene. Firemen Crandall and Daugherty did heroic service in rescuing Mrs. Crawshaw and in fighting the flames, which had gained great headway in the two-story structure.
Mrs. Crawshaw and Mrs. White were rushed with all possible speed to the Haben Hospital, where they were at once put under the influence of a strong anaesthetic, to lessen the pain occasioned by their injuries. They were both burned from head to foot, and so badly that their charred clothing fell away from them in ashes. Every possible effort was made to save them, but it was a hopeless fight from the first, and at 6:45 p. m., Mrs. White passed away, to be followed at 10 o'clock by her daughter.
Mrs. Crawshaw's injuries were received while she was trying to save her mother from the flames, and it is as a result of her heroic, unselfish bravery, that the tragedy is a double one.
Benjamin Crawshaw, the husband, was away in another part of the city at the time of the accident, and was rushed to his home by friends to see the house almost totally destroyed and his wife and mother-in-law fatally burned.
Last night, Mrs. Crawshaw, realizing perhaps that the end was near, called her husband to her bedside and calmly talked over their financial affairs, telling him where to find certain business papers, etc.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the Renaker chapel, and will be a double one. Rev. Clark Marsh will officiate at the chapel, while members of the Independent Order of Foresters, to which Mrs. Crawshaw belonged, will have charge of the services at Liveoak cemetery, where the bodies will be interred.
Mrs. Crawshaw was 39 years of age and her mother was 79. The family came to California from Ohio.
A request has been made by friends of the family for automobiles for use at the services tomorrow. Any one who wishes to help in this manner will please communicate with Mr. Gillogly or Mr. Chas. Hodge.
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
MARY WHITE
AGE 77 YEARS
AND DAUGHTER
MARY F. CRAWSHAW
AGE 38 YEARS
BOTH DIED NOV. 3, 1913
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