Daughter of John Ralph and Lela Cathryn Botkin. Buried 28 Mar 1923
Ottawa Herald, 22 March 1923, page 7
MATCH CAUSED A DEATH
Carelessly Thrown, Started a Fire Fatally Burning Girl.
Emporia, Kans., March 22 -- A match carelessly thrown over a fence by a passerby started a fire which caused the death last night of Lela Botkin, six-year-old Emporia school girl. The fire spread to a pile of leaves and the girl was fatally burned trying to put out the flames.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu • Page 3
Child Dies from Burns
Leila Helen Botkin, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, died Wednesday night in the Newman memorial hospital from burns received Wednesday afternoon. The little girl was playing with her brother, Francis, in the yard of the Botkin home, 24 Walnut, when a match dropped by a man passing the yard ignited dead grass outside the fence. The fire spread to the inside of the fence, catching dead leaves the children had been raking. The boy and girl attempted to put out the blaze with sacks, but the sack Leila was using set fire to her dress and before help arrived the child was badly burned. A physician was called and the girl was taken to the Newman hospital. She died at 10 o'clock. Leila Helen Botkin was born April 5, 1917 in Arvonia. Two years ago she came with her parents to Emporia. She is survived by her parents, one sister, Laura, and two brothers, Walter and Francis. She was a pupil at the Maynard school.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu, Page 4
Funeral of Leila Botkin. Funeral services for Leila Helen Botkin 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, who died Wednesday night from burns received Wednesday afternoon, were held Sunday afternoon at the Botkin home, 24 Walnut. Rev. J. M. Todd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the services. Interment was in Maplewood cemetery.
Ottawa Herald, 22 March 1923, page 7
MATCH CAUSED A DEATH
Carelessly Thrown, Started a Fire Fatally Burning Girl.
Emporia, Kans., March 22 -- A match carelessly thrown over a fence by a passerby started a fire which caused the death last night of Lela Botkin, six-year-old Emporia school girl. The fire spread to a pile of leaves and the girl was fatally burned trying to put out the flames.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu • Page 3
Child Dies from Burns
Leila Helen Botkin, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, died Wednesday night in the Newman memorial hospital from burns received Wednesday afternoon. The little girl was playing with her brother, Francis, in the yard of the Botkin home, 24 Walnut, when a match dropped by a man passing the yard ignited dead grass outside the fence. The fire spread to the inside of the fence, catching dead leaves the children had been raking. The boy and girl attempted to put out the blaze with sacks, but the sack Leila was using set fire to her dress and before help arrived the child was badly burned. A physician was called and the girl was taken to the Newman hospital. She died at 10 o'clock. Leila Helen Botkin was born April 5, 1917 in Arvonia. Two years ago she came with her parents to Emporia. She is survived by her parents, one sister, Laura, and two brothers, Walter and Francis. She was a pupil at the Maynard school.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu, Page 4
Funeral of Leila Botkin. Funeral services for Leila Helen Botkin 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, who died Wednesday night from burns received Wednesday afternoon, were held Sunday afternoon at the Botkin home, 24 Walnut. Rev. J. M. Todd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the services. Interment was in Maplewood cemetery.
Daughter of John Ralph and Lela Cathryn Botkin. Buried 28 Mar 1923
Ottawa Herald, 22 March 1923, page 7
MATCH CAUSED A DEATH
Carelessly Thrown, Started a Fire Fatally Burning Girl.
Emporia, Kans., March 22 -- A match carelessly thrown over a fence by a passerby started a fire which caused the death last night of Lela Botkin, six-year-old Emporia school girl. The fire spread to a pile of leaves and the girl was fatally burned trying to put out the flames.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu • Page 3
Child Dies from Burns
Leila Helen Botkin, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, died Wednesday night in the Newman memorial hospital from burns received Wednesday afternoon. The little girl was playing with her brother, Francis, in the yard of the Botkin home, 24 Walnut, when a match dropped by a man passing the yard ignited dead grass outside the fence. The fire spread to the inside of the fence, catching dead leaves the children had been raking. The boy and girl attempted to put out the blaze with sacks, but the sack Leila was using set fire to her dress and before help arrived the child was badly burned. A physician was called and the girl was taken to the Newman hospital. She died at 10 o'clock. Leila Helen Botkin was born April 5, 1917 in Arvonia. Two years ago she came with her parents to Emporia. She is survived by her parents, one sister, Laura, and two brothers, Walter and Francis. She was a pupil at the Maynard school.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu, Page 4
Funeral of Leila Botkin. Funeral services for Leila Helen Botkin 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, who died Wednesday night from burns received Wednesday afternoon, were held Sunday afternoon at the Botkin home, 24 Walnut. Rev. J. M. Todd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the services. Interment was in Maplewood cemetery.
Ottawa Herald, 22 March 1923, page 7
MATCH CAUSED A DEATH
Carelessly Thrown, Started a Fire Fatally Burning Girl.
Emporia, Kans., March 22 -- A match carelessly thrown over a fence by a passerby started a fire which caused the death last night of Lela Botkin, six-year-old Emporia school girl. The fire spread to a pile of leaves and the girl was fatally burned trying to put out the flames.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu • Page 3
Child Dies from Burns
Leila Helen Botkin, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, died Wednesday night in the Newman memorial hospital from burns received Wednesday afternoon. The little girl was playing with her brother, Francis, in the yard of the Botkin home, 24 Walnut, when a match dropped by a man passing the yard ignited dead grass outside the fence. The fire spread to the inside of the fence, catching dead leaves the children had been raking. The boy and girl attempted to put out the blaze with sacks, but the sack Leila was using set fire to her dress and before help arrived the child was badly burned. A physician was called and the girl was taken to the Newman hospital. She died at 10 o'clock. Leila Helen Botkin was born April 5, 1917 in Arvonia. Two years ago she came with her parents to Emporia. She is survived by her parents, one sister, Laura, and two brothers, Walter and Francis. She was a pupil at the Maynard school.
The Emporia Weekly Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 29 Mar 1923, Thu, Page 4
Funeral of Leila Botkin. Funeral services for Leila Helen Botkin 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Botkin, who died Wednesday night from burns received Wednesday afternoon, were held Sunday afternoon at the Botkin home, 24 Walnut. Rev. J. M. Todd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the services. Interment was in Maplewood cemetery.
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