First wife of William Hafferkamp
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Barrington Review (Barrington, Illinois)
Thursday, July 3, 1930
Woman Burned in Gasoline Tragedy Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Ida Hafferkamp, wife of William Hafferkamp, a farmer residing in Palatine township five miles southeast of Barrington, died Saturday at the Palatine hospital from burns received on June 20, when she assisted her husband in spraying a chicken house with gasoline to disinfect it. The gasoline fumes were ignited by the flame of a brooder stove in the building and an explosion followed.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hafferkamp were severely burned. Mrs. Haffekamp's clothing was afire from her waist down. She wrapped a coat which was hanging on a nearby post around herself and rolled on the ground, extinguishing the flames. A passing motorist took the injured couple to the Palatine hospital.
Mrs. Hafferkamp was 38 years old.
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Barrington Review (Barrington, Illinois)
Thursday, July 3, 1930
Woman Burned in Gasoline Tragedy Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Ida Hafferkamp, wife of William Hafferkamp, a farmer residing in Palatine township five miles southeast of Barrington, died Saturday at the Palatine hospital from burns received on June 20, when she assisted her husband in spraying a chicken house with gasoline to disinfect it. The gasoline fumes were ignited by the flame of a brooder stove in the building and an explosion followed.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hafferkamp were severely burned. Mrs. Haffekamp's clothing was afire from her waist down. She wrapped a coat which was hanging on a nearby post around herself and rolled on the ground, extinguishing the flames. A passing motorist took the injured couple to the Palatine hospital.
Mrs. Hafferkamp was 38 years old.
First wife of William Hafferkamp
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Barrington Review (Barrington, Illinois)
Thursday, July 3, 1930
Woman Burned in Gasoline Tragedy Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Ida Hafferkamp, wife of William Hafferkamp, a farmer residing in Palatine township five miles southeast of Barrington, died Saturday at the Palatine hospital from burns received on June 20, when she assisted her husband in spraying a chicken house with gasoline to disinfect it. The gasoline fumes were ignited by the flame of a brooder stove in the building and an explosion followed.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hafferkamp were severely burned. Mrs. Haffekamp's clothing was afire from her waist down. She wrapped a coat which was hanging on a nearby post around herself and rolled on the ground, extinguishing the flames. A passing motorist took the injured couple to the Palatine hospital.
Mrs. Hafferkamp was 38 years old.
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Barrington Review (Barrington, Illinois)
Thursday, July 3, 1930
Woman Burned in Gasoline Tragedy Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Ida Hafferkamp, wife of William Hafferkamp, a farmer residing in Palatine township five miles southeast of Barrington, died Saturday at the Palatine hospital from burns received on June 20, when she assisted her husband in spraying a chicken house with gasoline to disinfect it. The gasoline fumes were ignited by the flame of a brooder stove in the building and an explosion followed.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hafferkamp were severely burned. Mrs. Haffekamp's clothing was afire from her waist down. She wrapped a coat which was hanging on a nearby post around herself and rolled on the ground, extinguishing the flames. A passing motorist took the injured couple to the Palatine hospital.
Mrs. Hafferkamp was 38 years old.
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