After thirty-six hours of suffering, Frank M. Fewell, passed away at his home at about two o'clock Sunday morning. The accident which resulted in the loss of a citizen and business man so well known and respected, will long be remembered with sorrow by all were on the scene in time to witness the struggle and suffering of the victim.
While working in his dental office, on the second floor of the Light building on Fifth Street, Friday afternoon, a gasoline blow-pipe, used in dentistry, with which he was working, exploded, and in his anxiety for the safety of the building he picked up the flaming mass and hurled it through the window to the street. In doing this his clothing caught fire and in his excitement he ran down stairs to the street and rolled in the gutter in an
effort to put out the blaze. Parties noticing the blazing awning which caught had caught fire when the pipe struck it, hastily called the fire department, but almost as soon as the fire was noticed the unfortunate man was seen to rush from the stairway, a mass of flames. Men rushed to his rescue and the flames were soon extinguished but not before the vicim had been badly burned about the face, shoulder, arms and hands. He was taken to Carter & O'Haver's Drug Store
across the street, where three physicians carefully dressed his wounds before he was taken to his home. His wife and relatives with the assistance of two nurses and four doctors did everything possible to relieve his suffering and to try to prolong his life but all in vain. In his conscious hours he told them that he was not burned at all before he picked up the pipe and from this can be learned that he practically gave his life in his effort to save the building.
Francis M. Fewell was born October 31, 1859 in Jefferson County, Indiana. He was the eldest son of Bennett and Sarah Fewell and his early life was spent on the farm. In 1887 he graduated from the Dental Department of the University of Tennessee. He practiced dentistry in Tennessee and Kentucky besides twenty years in Indiana, most of the time in North Vernon. For years he took his father's place and was the mainstay of his mother and a
father to his brothers. He was married October 4, 1893 to Ella Crane of this city. Just this spring he purchased a new home on Jackson Street and moved his family into it. Besides his grief stricken wife and one daughter, Miss Grace, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Fewell and one sister, Miss Cora, both of whom reside in this city and two brothers, Everett and Wallace, of Madison. Funeral services took place at the Methodist Church, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock and were conducted by Rev. J. B. Washburn. The remains were interred in the City Cemetery. Those from out of town who were present at the funeral were: Everett and Wallace Fewell and their families of Madison; James Egnor and wife, of Spencer, Ind.; Sam Covington and wife of Anderson and Stanley Crane, of Cincinnati. Find A Grave Link
MISS MARGARET CRAVENS
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A BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED GIRL DIES IN PARIS
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A cablegram from Paris to the Associated Press is as follows:
Paris, June - Miss Margaret Cravens, of Madison, Ind., committed suicide this morning in her apartment at 29 Rue Du Colisee. She shot herself through the heart with a revolver. Death was instantaneous. The concierge found the body shortly afterward and communicated with the police.
Miss Craven left a letter, addressed to a friend, asking that her body be cremated.
From inquiries made by the police it appears that Miss Cravens received a letter from Madison an hour before she died, the contents of which seemed to effect her greatly. She destroyed the letter.
She was a member of a well known Indiana family, and was believed to have considerable private means. She came to Pairs six years ago to study music, and was well known in Latin Quarter circle.
Miss Cravens had invited several friends to tea at her apartment this afternoon and they came to the house ignorant of the tragedy.
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Miss Margaret was the daughter of the late Alexander L. and Leila Greenough Cravens of this city, grand-daughter of Hon. John R. Cravens, and great granddaughter of J. F. D. Lanier, Esq.
She was a talented and beautiful woman and left an income to supply her wants. She possessed an ardent love of music and art. She applied herself to study along these lines and was an accomplished pianist
She possessed relatives and friends, who were devoted to her, and many admiring and sincere friends
The God and Father of all understands and loves and cares for his children when it seems to be so. Human love is unfaltering, but human comprehension fails in the sorrowful tragedies of life.
The relatives of Miss Cravens in this city or Fairmont have written no such letter as the cablegram implies; nor is it known that such a letter was written.
While in Paris Miss Cravens was with an English family, a mother and two daughters, residing at the same Hotel.
Margaret Cravens will be missed and sincerely mourned by those who knew her, relatives, friends and acquaintances, here and elsewhere. Her death is one of life's mysteries. - Madison Courier.