Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-19 | Page 1 | Blowing out of a Fuse Sets Fire to Woman's Clothes

BLOWING OUT OF A FUSE SETS FIRE TO WOMANS CLOTHES new york slay 19 mrs ida deppart i lying at the point of death in a brooklyn hospital aa a result of the bloking out of a fuse on a trolley car mr deppart was on her way homeward in an open car when a loud report vae heard and flames shot up about the second scat from the front the clothing of mrs deppart immediately caught are and before the men in the car and those on the ei dewalk could reach her she had fainted she was quickly dragged from the car her clothing still burning driver of a furniture van jumped from his wagon with a boree blanket and throwing 1 it about her succeeded in smothering tho flames surgeons at the hospital to which she was taken have little hope of her recovery thoma who aided mrs deppart was severely burned