Show alive rochester Roc nESTER minn july 20 special intelligence has been received liere of the horrible death of a young girl named mary swanson at a email village about five miles west of this city it is impossible to learn all the particulars but it appears eliat the bedstead in the girls room was infested with red ants and she in order to destroy them poured a large quantity of gasoline oil upon the bed and ignited it the first time the oil flashed for a then it was extinguished nabad results following but on the girls trying it again the fire found its way to the large can of oil set her clothing on fire and burned her body almost to a crisp her friends hearing her cries rushed to her assistance and wera almost powerless in rendering ren derine aid her body was enveloped in a apt sheet but the efforts to save her life were futile she suc combed about four houra after the accident she was about 13 years of age and is said to have been bright and intelligent tell igent |