Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-19 | Page 2 | Mabel Freeman Tragedy

MABEL MAll A EL InU Mrs James Lose Portion of or Her lIer Hair lIall In Iii Attempted Rescue County Clerk James denies the state statement ment Mabel Freeman caught tire lira at nt t b i bonfire In III his orchard A bonfire Is n in thing that I have hae a nl at ways way dreaded where children were wor around and all tIne the pruning and dead d nd leaves were carefully removed from tram my orchard The Th Children had built n a lire four tour bricks and placed theron an tin old aid can cnn In which Mabel proposed to make catnip tea ten for tar forthe forthe the Crowd While she nhe was putting the tine catnip Into the van cnn her dress caught fire but she ehe did hid not notice It till one of DC time Ion boys shouted Oh Mabel abel your our dress threes lit la on Then the tho children en endeavored to It out One ran rail for Cor forthe forthe the tho hose hoso tut Mabel became panto pani stricken and for tor the house where Mrs James what sho ho could to save her unfortunately without avail Mrs Jamea Jamel I Is quite ll II as LIS a n result Of bt tho th shock 1 to ta her nerves n rn and nd the tine burns buras she H j received rc She Bhe was doing up her moe hat har hi at nt tho th time of oC the tho accident and hall hail a n large portion of ot It burnt off of I IH Jt H la Is wonderful Indeed that she es escaped escaped Mabels labels fate herself