Mrs. Eva Baumann, age 47, of route 2 West Chicago, died shortly before 4 o'clock this morning at St Jospeh Mercy Hospital of second and third degree burns suffered Monday afternoon in an explosion in the kitchen of her home in Alternate US Route 3O Roosevelt Road about two miles east of Geneva.
Averdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held today by Coroner L Victor Peterson at the Daleiden mortuary. The jury,in its verdict, voiced the opinion that the blast had been caused by combustion of turpentine fumes ignited by the heat of a wood burning kitchen range.
Loydd Warber, assistent fire chief of Geneva, testified that a tin can, which had appearantly contained turpentine for the soaking of two brushes, had been found under the kitchen sink together with a covered can of paint.Francis J. Bauman, brother of Mrs Bauman, who resided with her on a dairy farm, testified that no painting had been done for about three years. Its is believed however, that Mrs. Bauman, who had been cleaning an enclosed back porch shortly before the explosion, had brought the brushes and paint upstairs for the purpose of touching up window trim.
Bauman testified that he had been chopping wood in the back yard and had heard no explosion before his sister, her clothes aflame, had run screaming out of the house.Rolling her on the ground, he extinguished the flames (continued on page 4,columm 6) and then ran to extinguish the fire in the kitchen.
Flames and smoke barred his entrance thru the rear door but he ran around to the front where he broke a window and entered the house.
He then rushed his sister to St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Her clothes had been almost entirely burned off and her body was seared over about 80 percent of its surface.
Mrs Bauman was born in Aurora, Nov.15 ,1902. She's survived by her parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank J. Bauman, of Aurora, one brother,Francis J. Bauman of West Chicago, one sister Mrs. Catherine Wagner of Webster City, Iowa; two nephews and one niece.
She was a member of St Peter's Catholic Church of Geneva. Funeral arrangments will be announced later.
Averdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held today by Coroner L Victor Peterson at the Daleiden mortuary. The jury,in its verdict, voiced the opinion that the blast had been caused by combustion of turpentine fumes ignited by the heat of a wood burning kitchen range.
Loydd Warber, assistent fire chief of Geneva, testified that a tin can, which had appearantly contained turpentine for the soaking of two brushes, had been found under the kitchen sink together with a covered can of paint.Francis J. Bauman, brother of Mrs Bauman, who resided with her on a dairy farm, testified that no painting had been done for about three years. Its is believed however, that Mrs. Bauman, who had been cleaning an enclosed back porch shortly before the explosion, had brought the brushes and paint upstairs for the purpose of touching up window trim.
Bauman testified that he had been chopping wood in the back yard and had heard no explosion before his sister, her clothes aflame, had run screaming out of the house.Rolling her on the ground, he extinguished the flames (continued on page 4,columm 6) and then ran to extinguish the fire in the kitchen.
Flames and smoke barred his entrance thru the rear door but he ran around to the front where he broke a window and entered the house.
He then rushed his sister to St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Her clothes had been almost entirely burned off and her body was seared over about 80 percent of its surface.
Mrs Bauman was born in Aurora, Nov.15 ,1902. She's survived by her parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank J. Bauman, of Aurora, one brother,Francis J. Bauman of West Chicago, one sister Mrs. Catherine Wagner of Webster City, Iowa; two nephews and one niece.
She was a member of St Peter's Catholic Church of Geneva. Funeral arrangments will be announced later.
Mrs. Eva Baumann, age 47, of route 2 West Chicago, died shortly before 4 o'clock this morning at St Jospeh Mercy Hospital of second and third degree burns suffered Monday afternoon in an explosion in the kitchen of her home in Alternate US Route 3O Roosevelt Road about two miles east of Geneva.
Averdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held today by Coroner L Victor Peterson at the Daleiden mortuary. The jury,in its verdict, voiced the opinion that the blast had been caused by combustion of turpentine fumes ignited by the heat of a wood burning kitchen range.
Loydd Warber, assistent fire chief of Geneva, testified that a tin can, which had appearantly contained turpentine for the soaking of two brushes, had been found under the kitchen sink together with a covered can of paint.Francis J. Bauman, brother of Mrs Bauman, who resided with her on a dairy farm, testified that no painting had been done for about three years. Its is believed however, that Mrs. Bauman, who had been cleaning an enclosed back porch shortly before the explosion, had brought the brushes and paint upstairs for the purpose of touching up window trim.
Bauman testified that he had been chopping wood in the back yard and had heard no explosion before his sister, her clothes aflame, had run screaming out of the house.Rolling her on the ground, he extinguished the flames (continued on page 4,columm 6) and then ran to extinguish the fire in the kitchen.
Flames and smoke barred his entrance thru the rear door but he ran around to the front where he broke a window and entered the house.
He then rushed his sister to St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Her clothes had been almost entirely burned off and her body was seared over about 80 percent of its surface.
Mrs Bauman was born in Aurora, Nov.15 ,1902. She's survived by her parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank J. Bauman, of Aurora, one brother,Francis J. Bauman of West Chicago, one sister Mrs. Catherine Wagner of Webster City, Iowa; two nephews and one niece.
She was a member of St Peter's Catholic Church of Geneva. Funeral arrangments will be announced later.
Averdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held today by Coroner L Victor Peterson at the Daleiden mortuary. The jury,in its verdict, voiced the opinion that the blast had been caused by combustion of turpentine fumes ignited by the heat of a wood burning kitchen range.
Loydd Warber, assistent fire chief of Geneva, testified that a tin can, which had appearantly contained turpentine for the soaking of two brushes, had been found under the kitchen sink together with a covered can of paint.Francis J. Bauman, brother of Mrs Bauman, who resided with her on a dairy farm, testified that no painting had been done for about three years. Its is believed however, that Mrs. Bauman, who had been cleaning an enclosed back porch shortly before the explosion, had brought the brushes and paint upstairs for the purpose of touching up window trim.
Bauman testified that he had been chopping wood in the back yard and had heard no explosion before his sister, her clothes aflame, had run screaming out of the house.Rolling her on the ground, he extinguished the flames (continued on page 4,columm 6) and then ran to extinguish the fire in the kitchen.
Flames and smoke barred his entrance thru the rear door but he ran around to the front where he broke a window and entered the house.
He then rushed his sister to St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Her clothes had been almost entirely burned off and her body was seared over about 80 percent of its surface.
Mrs Bauman was born in Aurora, Nov.15 ,1902. She's survived by her parents, Mr and Mrs. Frank J. Bauman, of Aurora, one brother,Francis J. Bauman of West Chicago, one sister Mrs. Catherine Wagner of Webster City, Iowa; two nephews and one niece.
She was a member of St Peter's Catholic Church of Geneva. Funeral arrangments will be announced later.
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