Source: "Just Like a Visit" A personal, historical stroll through Mt. Herman Cemetery Pettis County, Mo. By Betty Wasson Singer - Walsworth Publishing Co., 2001
Virgil "Virgie" Everhart
June 13, 1901 - May 4, 1909
Mrs. Gertrude Everhart, wife of Henry Everhart, A farmer living one and one-half miles north of Sedalia on the Marshall road, and her 7-year-old daughter, Virgil Everhart, were fatally injured in the simultaneous explosion of a can of coal oil and a piece of a stick of dynamite at Mr. Everhart's home at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The child die two hours after the accident, and the mother expired thirty minutes later. Mrs. Everhart was 27 years old. She had just started to make a fire in the kitchen stove. Her daughter, Virgil, was washing dishes in the kitchen. The fire did not burn briskly, and Mrs. Everhart seized a two-gallon can of coal oil, about one-fourth full, and started to pour some of the oil into the stove. Instantly there was a terrific explosion. flames shot up in every direction igniting the clothes of Mrs. Everhart and her daughter, both of whom ran from the house, falling exhausted in the yard. The explosion knocked a piece of a stick of dynamite, which was laying on top of a cupboard in the kitchen, to the floor, causing it to explode. The latter explosion blew away one entire side of the kitchen and otherwise badly wrecked the house. Dr. W. J. Ferguson was hurriedly summoned to treat the injured victims, but in spite of the best medical skill, they died at the hours stated, death being directly due to the burns received from the oil explosion. William Everhart, a 4-year-old son, was playing on the floor of the kitchen and sustained painful burns about his legs. He is in critical condition today, although the attending physician holds out hope for his recovery. Mrs. Everhart is survived by her husband, two children William Everhart, age 4, and Viola May Everhart, a 7-months-old daughter. She also leaves her father William Colwell of Drexel, Mo., and one brother and three sisters. The 7-months-old girl baby was lying in a room adjoining the kitchen at the time of the explosion, but escaped injury. A double funeral will be held at Mt Herman Church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in Mt. Herman Cemetery. the Rev. R. C. Miller, pastor of the East Sedalia Baptist Church, will officiate.
Virgil "Virgie" Everhart
June 13, 1901 - May 4, 1909
Mrs. Gertrude Everhart, wife of Henry Everhart, A farmer living one and one-half miles north of Sedalia on the Marshall road, and her 7-year-old daughter, Virgil Everhart, were fatally injured in the simultaneous explosion of a can of coal oil and a piece of a stick of dynamite at Mr. Everhart's home at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The child die two hours after the accident, and the mother expired thirty minutes later. Mrs. Everhart was 27 years old. She had just started to make a fire in the kitchen stove. Her daughter, Virgil, was washing dishes in the kitchen. The fire did not burn briskly, and Mrs. Everhart seized a two-gallon can of coal oil, about one-fourth full, and started to pour some of the oil into the stove. Instantly there was a terrific explosion. flames shot up in every direction igniting the clothes of Mrs. Everhart and her daughter, both of whom ran from the house, falling exhausted in the yard. The explosion knocked a piece of a stick of dynamite, which was laying on top of a cupboard in the kitchen, to the floor, causing it to explode. The latter explosion blew away one entire side of the kitchen and otherwise badly wrecked the house. Dr. W. J. Ferguson was hurriedly summoned to treat the injured victims, but in spite of the best medical skill, they died at the hours stated, death being directly due to the burns received from the oil explosion. William Everhart, a 4-year-old son, was playing on the floor of the kitchen and sustained painful burns about his legs. He is in critical condition today, although the attending physician holds out hope for his recovery. Mrs. Everhart is survived by her husband, two children William Everhart, age 4, and Viola May Everhart, a 7-months-old daughter. She also leaves her father William Colwell of Drexel, Mo., and one brother and three sisters. The 7-months-old girl baby was lying in a room adjoining the kitchen at the time of the explosion, but escaped injury. A double funeral will be held at Mt Herman Church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in Mt. Herman Cemetery. the Rev. R. C. Miller, pastor of the East Sedalia Baptist Church, will officiate.
Source: "Just Like a Visit" A personal, historical stroll through Mt. Herman Cemetery Pettis County, Mo. By Betty Wasson Singer - Walsworth Publishing Co., 2001
Virgil "Virgie" Everhart
June 13, 1901 - May 4, 1909
Mrs. Gertrude Everhart, wife of Henry Everhart, A farmer living one and one-half miles north of Sedalia on the Marshall road, and her 7-year-old daughter, Virgil Everhart, were fatally injured in the simultaneous explosion of a can of coal oil and a piece of a stick of dynamite at Mr. Everhart's home at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The child die two hours after the accident, and the mother expired thirty minutes later. Mrs. Everhart was 27 years old. She had just started to make a fire in the kitchen stove. Her daughter, Virgil, was washing dishes in the kitchen. The fire did not burn briskly, and Mrs. Everhart seized a two-gallon can of coal oil, about one-fourth full, and started to pour some of the oil into the stove. Instantly there was a terrific explosion. flames shot up in every direction igniting the clothes of Mrs. Everhart and her daughter, both of whom ran from the house, falling exhausted in the yard. The explosion knocked a piece of a stick of dynamite, which was laying on top of a cupboard in the kitchen, to the floor, causing it to explode. The latter explosion blew away one entire side of the kitchen and otherwise badly wrecked the house. Dr. W. J. Ferguson was hurriedly summoned to treat the injured victims, but in spite of the best medical skill, they died at the hours stated, death being directly due to the burns received from the oil explosion. William Everhart, a 4-year-old son, was playing on the floor of the kitchen and sustained painful burns about his legs. He is in critical condition today, although the attending physician holds out hope for his recovery. Mrs. Everhart is survived by her husband, two children William Everhart, age 4, and Viola May Everhart, a 7-months-old daughter. She also leaves her father William Colwell of Drexel, Mo., and one brother and three sisters. The 7-months-old girl baby was lying in a room adjoining the kitchen at the time of the explosion, but escaped injury. A double funeral will be held at Mt Herman Church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in Mt. Herman Cemetery. the Rev. R. C. Miller, pastor of the East Sedalia Baptist Church, will officiate.
Virgil "Virgie" Everhart
June 13, 1901 - May 4, 1909
Mrs. Gertrude Everhart, wife of Henry Everhart, A farmer living one and one-half miles north of Sedalia on the Marshall road, and her 7-year-old daughter, Virgil Everhart, were fatally injured in the simultaneous explosion of a can of coal oil and a piece of a stick of dynamite at Mr. Everhart's home at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The child die two hours after the accident, and the mother expired thirty minutes later. Mrs. Everhart was 27 years old. She had just started to make a fire in the kitchen stove. Her daughter, Virgil, was washing dishes in the kitchen. The fire did not burn briskly, and Mrs. Everhart seized a two-gallon can of coal oil, about one-fourth full, and started to pour some of the oil into the stove. Instantly there was a terrific explosion. flames shot up in every direction igniting the clothes of Mrs. Everhart and her daughter, both of whom ran from the house, falling exhausted in the yard. The explosion knocked a piece of a stick of dynamite, which was laying on top of a cupboard in the kitchen, to the floor, causing it to explode. The latter explosion blew away one entire side of the kitchen and otherwise badly wrecked the house. Dr. W. J. Ferguson was hurriedly summoned to treat the injured victims, but in spite of the best medical skill, they died at the hours stated, death being directly due to the burns received from the oil explosion. William Everhart, a 4-year-old son, was playing on the floor of the kitchen and sustained painful burns about his legs. He is in critical condition today, although the attending physician holds out hope for his recovery. Mrs. Everhart is survived by her husband, two children William Everhart, age 4, and Viola May Everhart, a 7-months-old daughter. She also leaves her father William Colwell of Drexel, Mo., and one brother and three sisters. The 7-months-old girl baby was lying in a room adjoining the kitchen at the time of the explosion, but escaped injury. A double funeral will be held at Mt Herman Church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in Mt. Herman Cemetery. the Rev. R. C. Miller, pastor of the East Sedalia Baptist Church, will officiate.
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