TWO VERY SAD DEATHS
One Sister Dies At Noon From A Stroke Of Epilepsy
SEVEN HOUR LATER THE OTHER DIES
Cruel, Heart-Rending Grief Results In The Death Of The Second.
THE SAD DEMISE OF THE TWO MISS BLOCKERS
Their Deaths Were Sudden, and the Shock Will Be Something Terrific Upon Their Many Friends in This City
All Austin will be pained to learn this morning of the sad death of two most prominent ladies in this city yesterday. The one is Miss Annie Blocker, who died at noon yesterday from an epileptic fit, and the other is her sister, Miss Mary, who died from excessive grief and frenzied sorrow, only seven hours later. The death of the second sister was directly attendant upon the death of the first. It was her wild and almost ungovernable grief that resulted in her breaking a blood vessel and thus ending her life. The death of the first was wholely unexpected, and was dumfounding in its awfulness. The death of the second sister was equally so.
Yesterday at 12:10 o'clock Miss Ada Blocker stepped into the bath room of their house, on the corner of Rio Grande and West Ninth streets, and was horrified to see Miss Annie Blocker lying in the bath tub stone dead. She immediately called down stairs to Miss Mary Blocker, who was in the kitchen about some household matters, and in the meantime Miss Ada involuntarily lifted Miss Annie's body out of the tub, and taking it into the bed room laid it on the bed. Her cry for assistance had attracted the attention of outsiders, and several neighbors gave immediate and prompt assistance, in addition to Dr. Steiner, who was immediately summoned. It was too late to do any good for the dead, however, as breath had long since passed out of the body and she was cold in death. Inquiry into the matter from interested parties is to the effect that Miss Annie had gone to the bath room about half an hour or something like before to take a bath and Miss Ada hearing no noise and thinking that possibly something might have happened to her went in to see and saw her lying in the tub. Miss Annie, as is well known among her friends, was a subject of epileptic fits or spasms. It is thought that one of these came on yesterday just as she had finished her bath, and she died without being able to call for assistance. These attacks have unfortunately been quite frequent of late, and while all her friends have been watching to avoid any accident to her, this one came in such a manner that it could not be forestalled. The supposition is that she had just finished the bath and was preparing to leave the tub when she fell in the deadly spasm. When her body was lifted out of the tub all the water had run out, which went to show that the cause of death was the spasm and not by drowning as some might suppose.
The sudden death was a great blow to the friends of the family, and the immediate relatives, but their grief was not to be allayed as time went on. The shades of night had hardly descended over the city, it being shortly after 7 o'clock, ere death again knocked at the door, and Miss Mary Blocker, a sister of Miss Annie, passed into the great beyond. Grief at her sister's death at noon had completely prostrated her, and during the afternoon she grew worse. By dusk she was wild with grief, and in the throes of agony she burst a blood vessel and died instantly, thus adding another to the list of sudden deaths in this city.
Both these ladies were known and loved by all in this city. Their sudden and unexpected death will strike many a heart dumb with amazement and grief.
- Austin American-Statesman
November 26, 1896
One Sister Dies At Noon From A Stroke Of Epilepsy
SEVEN HOUR LATER THE OTHER DIES
Cruel, Heart-Rending Grief Results In The Death Of The Second.
THE SAD DEMISE OF THE TWO MISS BLOCKERS
Their Deaths Were Sudden, and the Shock Will Be Something Terrific Upon Their Many Friends in This City
All Austin will be pained to learn this morning of the sad death of two most prominent ladies in this city yesterday. The one is Miss Annie Blocker, who died at noon yesterday from an epileptic fit, and the other is her sister, Miss Mary, who died from excessive grief and frenzied sorrow, only seven hours later. The death of the second sister was directly attendant upon the death of the first. It was her wild and almost ungovernable grief that resulted in her breaking a blood vessel and thus ending her life. The death of the first was wholely unexpected, and was dumfounding in its awfulness. The death of the second sister was equally so.
Yesterday at 12:10 o'clock Miss Ada Blocker stepped into the bath room of their house, on the corner of Rio Grande and West Ninth streets, and was horrified to see Miss Annie Blocker lying in the bath tub stone dead. She immediately called down stairs to Miss Mary Blocker, who was in the kitchen about some household matters, and in the meantime Miss Ada involuntarily lifted Miss Annie's body out of the tub, and taking it into the bed room laid it on the bed. Her cry for assistance had attracted the attention of outsiders, and several neighbors gave immediate and prompt assistance, in addition to Dr. Steiner, who was immediately summoned. It was too late to do any good for the dead, however, as breath had long since passed out of the body and she was cold in death. Inquiry into the matter from interested parties is to the effect that Miss Annie had gone to the bath room about half an hour or something like before to take a bath and Miss Ada hearing no noise and thinking that possibly something might have happened to her went in to see and saw her lying in the tub. Miss Annie, as is well known among her friends, was a subject of epileptic fits or spasms. It is thought that one of these came on yesterday just as she had finished her bath, and she died without being able to call for assistance. These attacks have unfortunately been quite frequent of late, and while all her friends have been watching to avoid any accident to her, this one came in such a manner that it could not be forestalled. The supposition is that she had just finished the bath and was preparing to leave the tub when she fell in the deadly spasm. When her body was lifted out of the tub all the water had run out, which went to show that the cause of death was the spasm and not by drowning as some might suppose.
The sudden death was a great blow to the friends of the family, and the immediate relatives, but their grief was not to be allayed as time went on. The shades of night had hardly descended over the city, it being shortly after 7 o'clock, ere death again knocked at the door, and Miss Mary Blocker, a sister of Miss Annie, passed into the great beyond. Grief at her sister's death at noon had completely prostrated her, and during the afternoon she grew worse. By dusk she was wild with grief, and in the throes of agony she burst a blood vessel and died instantly, thus adding another to the list of sudden deaths in this city.
Both these ladies were known and loved by all in this city. Their sudden and unexpected death will strike many a heart dumb with amazement and grief.
- Austin American-Statesman
November 26, 1896
TWO VERY SAD DEATHS
One Sister Dies At Noon From A Stroke Of Epilepsy
SEVEN HOUR LATER THE OTHER DIES
Cruel, Heart-Rending Grief Results In The Death Of The Second.
THE SAD DEMISE OF THE TWO MISS BLOCKERS
Their Deaths Were Sudden, and the Shock Will Be Something Terrific Upon Their Many Friends in This City
All Austin will be pained to learn this morning of the sad death of two most prominent ladies in this city yesterday. The one is Miss Annie Blocker, who died at noon yesterday from an epileptic fit, and the other is her sister, Miss Mary, who died from excessive grief and frenzied sorrow, only seven hours later. The death of the second sister was directly attendant upon the death of the first. It was her wild and almost ungovernable grief that resulted in her breaking a blood vessel and thus ending her life. The death of the first was wholely unexpected, and was dumfounding in its awfulness. The death of the second sister was equally so.
Yesterday at 12:10 o'clock Miss Ada Blocker stepped into the bath room of their house, on the corner of Rio Grande and West Ninth streets, and was horrified to see Miss Annie Blocker lying in the bath tub stone dead. She immediately called down stairs to Miss Mary Blocker, who was in the kitchen about some household matters, and in the meantime Miss Ada involuntarily lifted Miss Annie's body out of the tub, and taking it into the bed room laid it on the bed. Her cry for assistance had attracted the attention of outsiders, and several neighbors gave immediate and prompt assistance, in addition to Dr. Steiner, who was immediately summoned. It was too late to do any good for the dead, however, as breath had long since passed out of the body and she was cold in death. Inquiry into the matter from interested parties is to the effect that Miss Annie had gone to the bath room about half an hour or something like before to take a bath and Miss Ada hearing no noise and thinking that possibly something might have happened to her went in to see and saw her lying in the tub. Miss Annie, as is well known among her friends, was a subject of epileptic fits or spasms. It is thought that one of these came on yesterday just as she had finished her bath, and she died without being able to call for assistance. These attacks have unfortunately been quite frequent of late, and while all her friends have been watching to avoid any accident to her, this one came in such a manner that it could not be forestalled. The supposition is that she had just finished the bath and was preparing to leave the tub when she fell in the deadly spasm. When her body was lifted out of the tub all the water had run out, which went to show that the cause of death was the spasm and not by drowning as some might suppose.
The sudden death was a great blow to the friends of the family, and the immediate relatives, but their grief was not to be allayed as time went on. The shades of night had hardly descended over the city, it being shortly after 7 o'clock, ere death again knocked at the door, and Miss Mary Blocker, a sister of Miss Annie, passed into the great beyond. Grief at her sister's death at noon had completely prostrated her, and during the afternoon she grew worse. By dusk she was wild with grief, and in the throes of agony she burst a blood vessel and died instantly, thus adding another to the list of sudden deaths in this city.
Both these ladies were known and loved by all in this city. Their sudden and unexpected death will strike many a heart dumb with amazement and grief.
- Austin American-Statesman
November 26, 1896
One Sister Dies At Noon From A Stroke Of Epilepsy
SEVEN HOUR LATER THE OTHER DIES
Cruel, Heart-Rending Grief Results In The Death Of The Second.
THE SAD DEMISE OF THE TWO MISS BLOCKERS
Their Deaths Were Sudden, and the Shock Will Be Something Terrific Upon Their Many Friends in This City
All Austin will be pained to learn this morning of the sad death of two most prominent ladies in this city yesterday. The one is Miss Annie Blocker, who died at noon yesterday from an epileptic fit, and the other is her sister, Miss Mary, who died from excessive grief and frenzied sorrow, only seven hours later. The death of the second sister was directly attendant upon the death of the first. It was her wild and almost ungovernable grief that resulted in her breaking a blood vessel and thus ending her life. The death of the first was wholely unexpected, and was dumfounding in its awfulness. The death of the second sister was equally so.
Yesterday at 12:10 o'clock Miss Ada Blocker stepped into the bath room of their house, on the corner of Rio Grande and West Ninth streets, and was horrified to see Miss Annie Blocker lying in the bath tub stone dead. She immediately called down stairs to Miss Mary Blocker, who was in the kitchen about some household matters, and in the meantime Miss Ada involuntarily lifted Miss Annie's body out of the tub, and taking it into the bed room laid it on the bed. Her cry for assistance had attracted the attention of outsiders, and several neighbors gave immediate and prompt assistance, in addition to Dr. Steiner, who was immediately summoned. It was too late to do any good for the dead, however, as breath had long since passed out of the body and she was cold in death. Inquiry into the matter from interested parties is to the effect that Miss Annie had gone to the bath room about half an hour or something like before to take a bath and Miss Ada hearing no noise and thinking that possibly something might have happened to her went in to see and saw her lying in the tub. Miss Annie, as is well known among her friends, was a subject of epileptic fits or spasms. It is thought that one of these came on yesterday just as she had finished her bath, and she died without being able to call for assistance. These attacks have unfortunately been quite frequent of late, and while all her friends have been watching to avoid any accident to her, this one came in such a manner that it could not be forestalled. The supposition is that she had just finished the bath and was preparing to leave the tub when she fell in the deadly spasm. When her body was lifted out of the tub all the water had run out, which went to show that the cause of death was the spasm and not by drowning as some might suppose.
The sudden death was a great blow to the friends of the family, and the immediate relatives, but their grief was not to be allayed as time went on. The shades of night had hardly descended over the city, it being shortly after 7 o'clock, ere death again knocked at the door, and Miss Mary Blocker, a sister of Miss Annie, passed into the great beyond. Grief at her sister's death at noon had completely prostrated her, and during the afternoon she grew worse. By dusk she was wild with grief, and in the throes of agony she burst a blood vessel and died instantly, thus adding another to the list of sudden deaths in this city.
Both these ladies were known and loved by all in this city. Their sudden and unexpected death will strike many a heart dumb with amazement and grief.
- Austin American-Statesman
November 26, 1896
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