Charlotte Mabel Blackstone
Oct 16, 1932-April 24,1945
ANGORA SCHOOL GIRL SUCCUMBS TO BURNS
Scottsbluff, Nebr. Charlotte Blackstone, 12 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackstone of Angora, Neb., who was burned Tuesday when she apparently threw kerosene on a fire, died in Scottsbluff hospital Wednesday morning. John E. Bowers, a neighbor, said the girl had arrived at a seven-pupil country school, 18 miles north of Bayard, before the teacher or other pupils and had attempted to start a fire. Apparently, she poured kerosene from a five gallon can to start the fire and the kerosene flashed into flames. Bowers said he saw the girl run from the school house with her clothes aflame. he could see her from his farm home, a quarter of a mile from the school. The girl ran across fields a half mile to her home, arriving with her clothing burned entirely from her body. At the hospital, blood plasma and direct transfusions were administered. The burns coverd almost her entire body with the exception of the soles of her feet.
1945, April 26, newspaper, The Nebraska State Journal
Oct 16, 1932-April 24,1945
ANGORA SCHOOL GIRL SUCCUMBS TO BURNS
Scottsbluff, Nebr. Charlotte Blackstone, 12 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackstone of Angora, Neb., who was burned Tuesday when she apparently threw kerosene on a fire, died in Scottsbluff hospital Wednesday morning. John E. Bowers, a neighbor, said the girl had arrived at a seven-pupil country school, 18 miles north of Bayard, before the teacher or other pupils and had attempted to start a fire. Apparently, she poured kerosene from a five gallon can to start the fire and the kerosene flashed into flames. Bowers said he saw the girl run from the school house with her clothes aflame. he could see her from his farm home, a quarter of a mile from the school. The girl ran across fields a half mile to her home, arriving with her clothing burned entirely from her body. At the hospital, blood plasma and direct transfusions were administered. The burns coverd almost her entire body with the exception of the soles of her feet.
1945, April 26, newspaper, The Nebraska State Journal
Charlotte Mabel Blackstone
Oct 16, 1932-April 24,1945
ANGORA SCHOOL GIRL SUCCUMBS TO BURNS
Scottsbluff, Nebr. Charlotte Blackstone, 12 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackstone of Angora, Neb., who was burned Tuesday when she apparently threw kerosene on a fire, died in Scottsbluff hospital Wednesday morning. John E. Bowers, a neighbor, said the girl had arrived at a seven-pupil country school, 18 miles north of Bayard, before the teacher or other pupils and had attempted to start a fire. Apparently, she poured kerosene from a five gallon can to start the fire and the kerosene flashed into flames. Bowers said he saw the girl run from the school house with her clothes aflame. he could see her from his farm home, a quarter of a mile from the school. The girl ran across fields a half mile to her home, arriving with her clothing burned entirely from her body. At the hospital, blood plasma and direct transfusions were administered. The burns coverd almost her entire body with the exception of the soles of her feet.
1945, April 26, newspaper, The Nebraska State Journal
Oct 16, 1932-April 24,1945
ANGORA SCHOOL GIRL SUCCUMBS TO BURNS
Scottsbluff, Nebr. Charlotte Blackstone, 12 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackstone of Angora, Neb., who was burned Tuesday when she apparently threw kerosene on a fire, died in Scottsbluff hospital Wednesday morning. John E. Bowers, a neighbor, said the girl had arrived at a seven-pupil country school, 18 miles north of Bayard, before the teacher or other pupils and had attempted to start a fire. Apparently, she poured kerosene from a five gallon can to start the fire and the kerosene flashed into flames. Bowers said he saw the girl run from the school house with her clothes aflame. he could see her from his farm home, a quarter of a mile from the school. The girl ran across fields a half mile to her home, arriving with her clothing burned entirely from her body. At the hospital, blood plasma and direct transfusions were administered. The burns coverd almost her entire body with the exception of the soles of her feet.
1945, April 26, newspaper, The Nebraska State Journal
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