BIOGRAPHY
Eishmann
Crawfordsville Review
Sat Jan 15, 1916
Mrs. Ralph WALTZ, two and one half miles west of Waveland was
perhaps fatally burned this morning between 8 and 9 o'clock when
in stooping to lift her babe from the floor her dress was sucked
into the opening of the hot blast stove. In an instant, the
mother's clothing was on fire from her head to her feet. She
dropped the child and ran screaming out into the yard where the
wind further fanned the death dealing flames. Mr. Waltz was in
the nearby barn harnessing the horses. He heard the agonizing
cries of his wife and ran to her aid. Stripping off his overcoat
he threw it over the flaming figure and sought to smother the
fire. In this he was only partially successful. The coat was
consumed before the flames were appeased. Mrs. Waltz was carried
into the house and Dr. Ball summoned. The physician found that
Mrs. Waltz clothes had been burned completely off except her
shoes. Her limbs back and sides were badly burned and hair and
eyebrows were consumed. She may have breathed the flames into her
lungs. If this is the condition but little hope is entertained
for recovery. Her condition is critical and pitiful. Mrs. Waltz
is a young woman and daughter of J J Eishmann of Indianapolis.
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