Show W I AN HU HUSBAND fiNDS HELPLESS WI 1 f FE ST STRUGGLING UC UN UNi i IN Mrs John Erskine Dies Die in Local Hospital After Being Trapped by Night Blaze in Her Home MRS RS JOIN JOHN ERSKINE West rest First Fir t South street died in agony at a local hospital this morning as a n result of burns received in a mysterious s fire at atthe the tho residence Mr Ir Erskine was wa awakened at nt 2 o'clock this morning by his wife's screams and running across the corridor found oun flames pouring from a 3 clothes closet closel DASHES INTO BLAZE Mr Erskine dashed into the firo and found his wife lying on tho floor wrapped In flames With great difficulty difficulty dif dif- it- it ho brought her out of ot the tho closet and amI extinguished tho the fire which h had burned burne her clothes almost from her body and ha had consumed consume her hair An alarm of ot fire was turned In Within a n short time the house was wag out of or danger clanger Mrs was rushed rushe to a local hospital where she elle lied died at 1030 o o'clock clock this morning HAD BEEN ILL Mrs Irs hn had been Ill and a a. trained nurse was in iii attendance A short time before her death she stated state she was sleepless and perceived perceived perceived per per- the th odor ollar of ot smoke Attempting to trace Its origin she opened tho the clothes closet odor nn and such a n burst of ot flames names came me forth that she was overcome and fell Into the blazing Interior SCREAMS ARE HEARD She Sho struggled struggle vainly and screamed but In her weakened condition n could scarcely make herself heard It wn was not until she ha had been seriously burned that her husband heard her cries It Is Relieved e a n defective elec elec- electric electric wire caused the fire Mrs Erskine Is survived uni b by her husband an and three children Wallace Vallace 27 21 years of at 3 age e William 23 and Evelyn Eveln 17 She was a sister slater of ot Francis l D D. Rutherford local architect |