Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Maier, Lizzie 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/az/azfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: D. Joshua Taylor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00006.html#0001358 and Elizabeth Burns July 16, 2005, 7:44 pm Arizona Republican-May 28, 1909 LIZZIE MAIER May 28, 1909 One of the most appalling accidents that has happened in this vicinity was that of Wednesday evening when Lizzie, the thirteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maier, while lighting a fire with kerosene, resulting in an explosion, sustained injuries which caused her death yesterday morning between 2 and 3 o'clock at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Trimble. Her father was terribly burned about the hands and forearms in trying to save his daughter's life and he was suffering greatly yesterday as a result. According to the best evidence obtainable, it appears that Lizzie, who would have been thirteen in October and her sister, Louella, a few years younger, had just arrived at their home which is five miles northeast of town, after a day spent at school when the awful tragedy happened. The family had eaten supper when the girls arrived and the mother told her oldest daughter, Lizzie, that there was some fresh meat in the kitchen which she might prepare if she cared for anything in addition to what was already on the table. This the girl started to do, but discovered that the fire had died down and refused to start with kindling. In order to hurry matters along, the girl picked up the kerosene can which was made of glass and started to pour a portion of its contents on the ashes when the can exploded. The father, who was seated in the next room immediately came to the rescue, and throwing a quilt around his daughter's body carried her out of doors and returned to put out the flames in the house which had already begun to threaten the building. The father, in brushing the flames from the girl's clothing received most serious burns. As soon as possible the suffering child and her father were brought to town arriving here about 8 o'clock and taken to the office of Dr. Palmer. Dr. Drane was also called in and both worked for hours in a vain attempt to save her life. At 10 o'clock she was taken to the home of Lou Trimble. The family is greatly bereaved at the awful shock and can hardly realize that such a tragedy has happened in their home. The funeral was yesterday at the M.E. church with burial in Mesa Cemetery. The pall bearers, classmates of the dead girl were: Beatrice Mets, Pauline Gibbons, Hester Ruse, Drusilla Otterson, Jessie Robertson and Martha Sanford. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/statewide/obits/m/maier147gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb