Deseret Evening News | 1907-12-13 | Page 1 | Awful Accident at Preston, Idaho

r AWfUL nt ACCIDENT AT PRESTON IDAHO Child Loses Losos Life from Burning While Mother Lies at Point of Death HUSBAND WAS CLEANING FLUE I Oil UI I n til Cotton hut lard I e In I ii lis n unil a iid Mn I li lulu Jilin kIin Special Itt lal to t the uN News aton Ida Dec J t II iLA A terrible accident occurred In hi this hi pLace pla day afternoon by 11 which a child lost lot lotI Its I lire life and the mother mothr He II lies at t tho the point of death dIh Joseph Josaph Johnson was 11 engaged n In lit out the flue ItHe to 16 t his hi i Mence and anet WM was w ul using coat coal oil 1 end and cotton in J n some earn m manner they t liP be bt became became came ame Ignited and nl the flames flam went to tu the basin of coal coat oil which he h was waa w us usIng lag Ing In He It 11 the vessel and an ran rea to the door with Ith It and threw the th whole thing out Just JUlit aa a MM Mr III Johnson Johnon J with witha a l baby aby h In hr her ho tr arm arme was Willi entering the II or The two received re the tile full tull con eon content tent lent In their tacos faces and d they were at once enveloped In names flames fIa In spite of it all Mr tr r could do they Ih both bolh were vere r shockingly burned end and the Ih child chilli I died soon aft atter lr r MRs 1118 JOHNSON CANNOT Mrs Mr Johnsin Is I tearfully fearfully disfigured about bout the body and elI all 11 her hair hall was 1188 burned from her head hd she Is I In a critical condition and Dna Drs D Cutler and an state that he cannot survive Mrs MII Johnson Johnon has h a son cnn In the eastern states staled mission and lIti he ha has been tele telegraphed graphed for tor The affair has baa cut cast ea a gloom over the entire communitY where the Ih bereaved family faintly was II wo known