Ellen Bick (1859-1902)

BICK

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 16:05:26

Manchester Democrat, Wednesday, Feb 12, 1902, Manchester, IA, Page: 3

Was Starting a Fire with Kerosene

Council Bluffs, Ia., Feb. 10.-Mrs. George Bick, wife of a railroad engineer, was fatally burned early Saturday by her clothing catching fire from a stove. J. W. French and Oscar Linder were also badly burned while trying to extinguish the flames which had enveloped the woman. Mrs. Bick was starting a fire with kerosene.