Newspaper Article, Durant Daily Democrat Monday January 9, 1922
Fire From Gasoline Explosion takes lives of Mother and Two Daughters at Keirsey. Fire, that awful agency of destruction, brought sadness and grief to the little town of Keirsey, five miles west of here and robbed the family of Charles Wesley Connelly of three of its loved ones yesterday morning. While two older sisters were at Sunday School yesterday morning and the father attending to his duties at the little railroad station, the lives of Wenifred, aged five, Hazel aged seven, and Mrs. Connelly were blotted out by a fire which destroyed their home. The charred little body of Wenifred was found in the dying embers of the fire, which destroyed the home. Hazel, her body a human torch, escaped of flames, and in one of the rooms was Wenifred, trapped before the eyes of the frantic but helpless neighbors. When found her body was dismembered, her head in a wash pan, where it is believed she sought what little relief from the heat, the water in it afforded. Hazel, her mind as far from death, her body so near, asked and answered questions while she passed quietly away as in sleep. Her mind abnormally clear, she asked, "Is sister burned as badly as I?" and "How is mother?" She knew and recognized her playmates by their voices. She knew Dr. J. A. Haynie, the family Physician, when he came in to dress her burns and told him of how the fire started. Mrs. Connelly was conscious only at times, and she too, passed away without pain, the physician who attended her, said. Mr. Connelly, who is a merchant, postmaster and depot agent at Keirsey, was frantic with grief, and but for the friends, would have rushed into the fire to certain death with his little girl. Friends from the entire community and surrounding towns rushed to the aid of the stricken family. All that loving hands and hearts could do was administered to those in pain and sorrow and in the sorely stricken father and sisters, Beulah, aged 14, and Rosa, aged 11, who were at Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Connelly and their daughters were known as among the finest people of Bryan County. They numbered their friends by those who knew them and the loss of their loved ones was a sad blow in hundreds. The sympathies of many hearts go out to the bereaved ones. The funeral was to have been held at Highland Cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Newspaper Article, Caddo Herald,January 13, 1922
Gasoline Explosion Kills Three Persons. While the elder children were at Sunday School and the father at his store last Sunday morning at Keirsey,four miles west of Durant, two small children and their mother were so badly burned that they died in a short time. The mother,Mrs. Charles Wesley Connelly, started to light a fire in the cook stove, throwing on gasoline thinking it was coal oil. The flames quickly spread to her clothing and that of her two children. Hazel, aged 9, was conscious for a time, and told how the fire happened; then quietly passed into the beyond. Wenifred, aged 7, never got out of the house, while the mother and eldest sister did. Her dismembered and burned body was found in the debris.The mother lived only a short time. The father is postmaster and railway agent, and two sisters,Beulah May and Rosa Lee,survive age 11 and 14. Kind neighbors quickly gathered and administered to the sufferers and to the survivors, doing all that human hands could do to relieve the pain and distress so quickly thrust upon this excellent family.
Fire From Gasoline Explosion takes lives of Mother and Two Daughters at Keirsey. Fire, that awful agency of destruction, brought sadness and grief to the little town of Keirsey, five miles west of here and robbed the family of Charles Wesley Connelly of three of its loved ones yesterday morning. While two older sisters were at Sunday School yesterday morning and the father attending to his duties at the little railroad station, the lives of Wenifred, aged five, Hazel aged seven, and Mrs. Connelly were blotted out by a fire which destroyed their home. The charred little body of Wenifred was found in the dying embers of the fire, which destroyed the home. Hazel, her body a human torch, escaped of flames, and in one of the rooms was Wenifred, trapped before the eyes of the frantic but helpless neighbors. When found her body was dismembered, her head in a wash pan, where it is believed she sought what little relief from the heat, the water in it afforded. Hazel, her mind as far from death, her body so near, asked and answered questions while she passed quietly away as in sleep. Her mind abnormally clear, she asked, "Is sister burned as badly as I?" and "How is mother?" She knew and recognized her playmates by their voices. She knew Dr. J. A. Haynie, the family Physician, when he came in to dress her burns and told him of how the fire started. Mrs. Connelly was conscious only at times, and she too, passed away without pain, the physician who attended her, said. Mr. Connelly, who is a merchant, postmaster and depot agent at Keirsey, was frantic with grief, and but for the friends, would have rushed into the fire to certain death with his little girl. Friends from the entire community and surrounding towns rushed to the aid of the stricken family. All that loving hands and hearts could do was administered to those in pain and sorrow and in the sorely stricken father and sisters, Beulah, aged 14, and Rosa, aged 11, who were at Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Connelly and their daughters were known as among the finest people of Bryan County. They numbered their friends by those who knew them and the loss of their loved ones was a sad blow in hundreds. The sympathies of many hearts go out to the bereaved ones. The funeral was to have been held at Highland Cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Newspaper Article, Caddo Herald,January 13, 1922
Gasoline Explosion Kills Three Persons. While the elder children were at Sunday School and the father at his store last Sunday morning at Keirsey,four miles west of Durant, two small children and their mother were so badly burned that they died in a short time. The mother,Mrs. Charles Wesley Connelly, started to light a fire in the cook stove, throwing on gasoline thinking it was coal oil. The flames quickly spread to her clothing and that of her two children. Hazel, aged 9, was conscious for a time, and told how the fire happened; then quietly passed into the beyond. Wenifred, aged 7, never got out of the house, while the mother and eldest sister did. Her dismembered and burned body was found in the debris.The mother lived only a short time. The father is postmaster and railway agent, and two sisters,Beulah May and Rosa Lee,survive age 11 and 14. Kind neighbors quickly gathered and administered to the sufferers and to the survivors, doing all that human hands could do to relieve the pain and distress so quickly thrust upon this excellent family.
Newspaper Article, Durant Daily Democrat Monday January 9, 1922
Fire From Gasoline Explosion takes lives of Mother and Two Daughters at Keirsey. Fire, that awful agency of destruction, brought sadness and grief to the little town of Keirsey, five miles west of here and robbed the family of Charles Wesley Connelly of three of its loved ones yesterday morning. While two older sisters were at Sunday School yesterday morning and the father attending to his duties at the little railroad station, the lives of Wenifred, aged five, Hazel aged seven, and Mrs. Connelly were blotted out by a fire which destroyed their home. The charred little body of Wenifred was found in the dying embers of the fire, which destroyed the home. Hazel, her body a human torch, escaped of flames, and in one of the rooms was Wenifred, trapped before the eyes of the frantic but helpless neighbors. When found her body was dismembered, her head in a wash pan, where it is believed she sought what little relief from the heat, the water in it afforded. Hazel, her mind as far from death, her body so near, asked and answered questions while she passed quietly away as in sleep. Her mind abnormally clear, she asked, "Is sister burned as badly as I?" and "How is mother?" She knew and recognized her playmates by their voices. She knew Dr. J. A. Haynie, the family Physician, when he came in to dress her burns and told him of how the fire started. Mrs. Connelly was conscious only at times, and she too, passed away without pain, the physician who attended her, said. Mr. Connelly, who is a merchant, postmaster and depot agent at Keirsey, was frantic with grief, and but for the friends, would have rushed into the fire to certain death with his little girl. Friends from the entire community and surrounding towns rushed to the aid of the stricken family. All that loving hands and hearts could do was administered to those in pain and sorrow and in the sorely stricken father and sisters, Beulah, aged 14, and Rosa, aged 11, who were at Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Connelly and their daughters were known as among the finest people of Bryan County. They numbered their friends by those who knew them and the loss of their loved ones was a sad blow in hundreds. The sympathies of many hearts go out to the bereaved ones. The funeral was to have been held at Highland Cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Newspaper Article, Caddo Herald,January 13, 1922
Gasoline Explosion Kills Three Persons. While the elder children were at Sunday School and the father at his store last Sunday morning at Keirsey,four miles west of Durant, two small children and their mother were so badly burned that they died in a short time. The mother,Mrs. Charles Wesley Connelly, started to light a fire in the cook stove, throwing on gasoline thinking it was coal oil. The flames quickly spread to her clothing and that of her two children. Hazel, aged 9, was conscious for a time, and told how the fire happened; then quietly passed into the beyond. Wenifred, aged 7, never got out of the house, while the mother and eldest sister did. Her dismembered and burned body was found in the debris.The mother lived only a short time. The father is postmaster and railway agent, and two sisters,Beulah May and Rosa Lee,survive age 11 and 14. Kind neighbors quickly gathered and administered to the sufferers and to the survivors, doing all that human hands could do to relieve the pain and distress so quickly thrust upon this excellent family.
Fire From Gasoline Explosion takes lives of Mother and Two Daughters at Keirsey. Fire, that awful agency of destruction, brought sadness and grief to the little town of Keirsey, five miles west of here and robbed the family of Charles Wesley Connelly of three of its loved ones yesterday morning. While two older sisters were at Sunday School yesterday morning and the father attending to his duties at the little railroad station, the lives of Wenifred, aged five, Hazel aged seven, and Mrs. Connelly were blotted out by a fire which destroyed their home. The charred little body of Wenifred was found in the dying embers of the fire, which destroyed the home. Hazel, her body a human torch, escaped of flames, and in one of the rooms was Wenifred, trapped before the eyes of the frantic but helpless neighbors. When found her body was dismembered, her head in a wash pan, where it is believed she sought what little relief from the heat, the water in it afforded. Hazel, her mind as far from death, her body so near, asked and answered questions while she passed quietly away as in sleep. Her mind abnormally clear, she asked, "Is sister burned as badly as I?" and "How is mother?" She knew and recognized her playmates by their voices. She knew Dr. J. A. Haynie, the family Physician, when he came in to dress her burns and told him of how the fire started. Mrs. Connelly was conscious only at times, and she too, passed away without pain, the physician who attended her, said. Mr. Connelly, who is a merchant, postmaster and depot agent at Keirsey, was frantic with grief, and but for the friends, would have rushed into the fire to certain death with his little girl. Friends from the entire community and surrounding towns rushed to the aid of the stricken family. All that loving hands and hearts could do was administered to those in pain and sorrow and in the sorely stricken father and sisters, Beulah, aged 14, and Rosa, aged 11, who were at Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Connelly and their daughters were known as among the finest people of Bryan County. They numbered their friends by those who knew them and the loss of their loved ones was a sad blow in hundreds. The sympathies of many hearts go out to the bereaved ones. The funeral was to have been held at Highland Cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Newspaper Article, Caddo Herald,January 13, 1922
Gasoline Explosion Kills Three Persons. While the elder children were at Sunday School and the father at his store last Sunday morning at Keirsey,four miles west of Durant, two small children and their mother were so badly burned that they died in a short time. The mother,Mrs. Charles Wesley Connelly, started to light a fire in the cook stove, throwing on gasoline thinking it was coal oil. The flames quickly spread to her clothing and that of her two children. Hazel, aged 9, was conscious for a time, and told how the fire happened; then quietly passed into the beyond. Wenifred, aged 7, never got out of the house, while the mother and eldest sister did. Her dismembered and burned body was found in the debris.The mother lived only a short time. The father is postmaster and railway agent, and two sisters,Beulah May and Rosa Lee,survive age 11 and 14. Kind neighbors quickly gathered and administered to the sufferers and to the survivors, doing all that human hands could do to relieve the pain and distress so quickly thrust upon this excellent family.
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