Waltz - Ruth Eisenmann
Source: Crawfordsville Review Thursday Jan 20, 1916 Waveland
Mrs. Ralph Waltz who was severely burned on last Friday gained consciousness for the first time on Monday and recognized her husband and child. She will probably recover. She is resting much easier and suffers less pain than at first.
Source: Waveland Independent, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, Jan 28, 1916
After making a heroic fight, death came to the relief of Mrs. Ralph WALTZ on Tuesday evening. For some days there was a slight hope that she might survive the terrible burns noted in our last issue, but poisoning supervened and for the last 48 hours her suffering was heart rending. Funeral services were held at the home of WP Waltz at 3 on Wed. afternoon in charge of Rev. Olin Stewart of the ME Church. The body was taken to Indianapolis for burial yesterday morning. Ruth Naomi Eisenmann was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. JJ Eisenmann of Indianapolis. She was b. Sept 21, 896 and d. Jan 25, 1916 aged 19Y 4M4D. She was baptized in infancy in the German Lutheran Church. she was marr. to Ralph Waltz Aug 13, 1913. To them was born one son, Robert Lewis aged 6 months who with the husband survive her.
Source: 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.