Show GIRl D AS RESULT i. i OF f HAllOWEEN I Ih i I BURNS h i AMERICAN AMERICAN FORK Nov NOY 1 BurTI Burns received ec on Saturday a Halloween Hal Hal- lowe loween n celebration eleb by year six-year-old L Leora Leora Th Thornton when her dress caught fire from a a. jack o 0 lantern caus caused d the tile childs child's death here last foer Ier death according to the theatt att attending g doctor was largely due to shock although the burns were seri seri seri- ou ous She was the daughter of Mrs J. J M. M Thornton In c company with a number of ot r children hildren she he was fixed up in a costume cos cos- tum tume suitable for Halloween and had hada a p put pumpkin t shaped as a jack jack o 0 lantern lantern lan Ian tern with a candle lighted inside to give it the weird appearance The costume which the little girl wore was one one her mother had made for tor her and was made out ut of ot a light cotton cotton cotton cot cot- ton fabric with tassels and fringe of ot th the same material and in leaning leaning leaning lean lean- ing over her jack o 0 lantern some of this fringe came in contact with the tue lighted candle and was instantly ablaze h other children were so 10 frightened li they aid not know know- what t tto to do but screamed for tor help Francis Hutchings a boy boy- boyscout scout about 14 or 01 15 years of ot age who happened hap haI pellet to be just outside the fence from the children hearing the screams ams rushed to the little girls girl's rescue pulling his coat oft off as he ran Reaching the side of ot the burning girl he wrapped the tile coat around her smothering the tile flames The dress was entirely burned and nearly all her other clothes w were r burned from her r. Most 1 of the sl skin in inon on her body was badly burned The mother who was in the adjoining lot heard the tile cries of ot the children and rushed to the scene arriving just as the boy had the flames smothered This is the second serious burning to take place here in the past six weeks Mrs Lester Oakey was badly burned by the tile explosion of gasoline while she was renewing a smoldering fire tire She is still in a a most critical condition blood poison having set in and she jias been hovering between life and death for the past four tour or five days The doctors hold out but hut little encouragement for her re recovery over |