Severely Burned-Mrs. Peter Swartz and Lillian 1931

SWARTZ

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 3/8/2017 at 21:10:09

Dubuque Telegraph Herald – November 4, 1931

Aurora, Ia. Nov. 4. – Special: Mrs. Peter Swartz and her daughter, Lillian, were severely burned Monday evening when the former when starting a fire in the kitchen range used a small can of gasoline which she thought was kerosene. Mrs. Swartz ran to the nearest door and tossed the can outside. Both mother and daughter suffered burn about the hands and arms.