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Submitted: 9/5/23 • Approved: 1/21/24 • Last Updated: 1/24/24 • R1499352-G1499351-S3
June, 1851 - January 20, 1930
Magnolia, Jan. 21 - Burns sustained Saturday night when her clothing caught fire from a cooking stove proved fatal for Mrs. Martha Jane Baker, who died here Monday afternoon. Mrs. Baker received the fatal burns early Saturday night when the blaze from a cooking stove on which she was preparing the evening meal caught her dress. Her screams attracted Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott, who lived in the same house. When the two dashed into the kitchen, they found Mrs. Baker a mass of flames. Scott extinguished the fire by throwing a blanket around the woman, but not before she was burned horribly about the face and body. Physicians were summoned immediately after the accident but little hopes were held for her recovery even at that time. Her condition gradually became worse Sunday and she died early Monday afternoon. (Hope Star- January 21, 1930)
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