As a result of serious burns received while trying to start a fire with coal oil Monday morning, Mrs. ARTHUR HIGHMAN died at her home near Middletown yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. At no time during the 24 hours that intervened between the time she sustained her injuries and her death was she wholly conscious.
Mrs. Hightman is a first cousin to Emory L. Coblentz, and is survived by her husband, who is a son of County Commissioner T. Frank Hightman; a young child; and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Coblentz, Middletown; and one brother, Byron Coblentz.
The funeral took place with services in Christ Reformed Church; interment in the Reformed cemetery, Middletown; C.T.K. Gladhill was the funeral director.
Source: The News (Frederick, MD)
Wednesday, November 17, 1920
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Mrs. EDITH HIGHTMAN, 25 years old, wife of Arthur Hightman, a young farmer, residing a shorty distance north of Middletown, was so badly burned Monday while making a fire with coal oil that she died shortly after 3 o'clock.
Mr. Hightman returned home from making some purchases in town and called to his wife to open the door for him. She feebly replied that she could not. Upon entering the dining room she was found lying on the floor badly burned. She was only semiconscious. Smelling moke Mr. Highman ran up stairs and found a room on fire. Mrs. Hightman, after her clothes ignited, rushed up stairs and jumped in bed and tried to smother the flames with the bed clothing, it is believed. Her baby was found sitting in a chair in the dining room. There was no one else in the house.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
November 17, 1920
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Mrs. Hightman is a first cousin to Emory L. Coblentz, and is survived by her husband, who is a son of County Commissioner T. Frank Hightman; a young child; and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Coblentz, Middletown; and one brother, Byron Coblentz.
The funeral took place with services in Christ Reformed Church; interment in the Reformed cemetery, Middletown; C.T.K. Gladhill was the funeral director.
Source: The News (Frederick, MD)
Wednesday, November 17, 1920
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Mrs. EDITH HIGHTMAN, 25 years old, wife of Arthur Hightman, a young farmer, residing a shorty distance north of Middletown, was so badly burned Monday while making a fire with coal oil that she died shortly after 3 o'clock.
Mr. Hightman returned home from making some purchases in town and called to his wife to open the door for him. She feebly replied that she could not. Upon entering the dining room she was found lying on the floor badly burned. She was only semiconscious. Smelling moke Mr. Highman ran up stairs and found a room on fire. Mrs. Hightman, after her clothes ignited, rushed up stairs and jumped in bed and tried to smother the flames with the bed clothing, it is believed. Her baby was found sitting in a chair in the dining room. There was no one else in the house.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
November 17, 1920
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As a result of serious burns received while trying to start a fire with coal oil Monday morning, Mrs. ARTHUR HIGHMAN died at her home near Middletown yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. At no time during the 24 hours that intervened between the time she sustained her injuries and her death was she wholly conscious.
Mrs. Hightman is a first cousin to Emory L. Coblentz, and is survived by her husband, who is a son of County Commissioner T. Frank Hightman; a young child; and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Coblentz, Middletown; and one brother, Byron Coblentz.
The funeral took place with services in Christ Reformed Church; interment in the Reformed cemetery, Middletown; C.T.K. Gladhill was the funeral director.
Source: The News (Frederick, MD)
Wednesday, November 17, 1920
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Mrs. EDITH HIGHTMAN, 25 years old, wife of Arthur Hightman, a young farmer, residing a shorty distance north of Middletown, was so badly burned Monday while making a fire with coal oil that she died shortly after 3 o'clock.
Mr. Hightman returned home from making some purchases in town and called to his wife to open the door for him. She feebly replied that she could not. Upon entering the dining room she was found lying on the floor badly burned. She was only semiconscious. Smelling moke Mr. Highman ran up stairs and found a room on fire. Mrs. Hightman, after her clothes ignited, rushed up stairs and jumped in bed and tried to smother the flames with the bed clothing, it is believed. Her baby was found sitting in a chair in the dining room. There was no one else in the house.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
November 17, 1920
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Mrs. Hightman is a first cousin to Emory L. Coblentz, and is survived by her husband, who is a son of County Commissioner T. Frank Hightman; a young child; and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Coblentz, Middletown; and one brother, Byron Coblentz.
The funeral took place with services in Christ Reformed Church; interment in the Reformed cemetery, Middletown; C.T.K. Gladhill was the funeral director.
Source: The News (Frederick, MD)
Wednesday, November 17, 1920
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Mrs. EDITH HIGHTMAN, 25 years old, wife of Arthur Hightman, a young farmer, residing a shorty distance north of Middletown, was so badly burned Monday while making a fire with coal oil that she died shortly after 3 o'clock.
Mr. Hightman returned home from making some purchases in town and called to his wife to open the door for him. She feebly replied that she could not. Upon entering the dining room she was found lying on the floor badly burned. She was only semiconscious. Smelling moke Mr. Highman ran up stairs and found a room on fire. Mrs. Hightman, after her clothes ignited, rushed up stairs and jumped in bed and tried to smother the flames with the bed clothing, it is believed. Her baby was found sitting in a chair in the dining room. There was no one else in the house.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
November 17, 1920
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