Beckham County, OK - Obits: Augusta Baum, 1911
10 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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BAUM, AUGUSTA
(9 Feb 1911, Thursday, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Tuesday evening a very sad accident occurred in West Erick, which caused
the death of Mrs. Augusta Bourn, age 45 years, caused by using coal oil to
start a fire.
Dan Vines, who was doing some repair work on the Lute Brooks residence,
was attracted by the scream of a woman in the residence next door, and at
the same time Mrs. Bourn came running out of the house with her clothing
on fire.  Mr. Vines rushed in the house and secured a quilt which he
wrapped around the unfortunate woman and smothered out the flames.
Dr. Pinnell was immediately called and up examination found that over
four-fifths of the body had been burned to a crisp.  Mrs. Bourn never
regained consciousness and passed away early Wednesday morning.
The deceased has a brother living at Hollis who is confined to his bed
with pneumonia, and also a brother at Altus and a daughter who was married
in Erick about two months ago, who now resides in Texas, and her baby girl
who lived here with her.
This is the second person who has been burned to death in the past two
years in Erick, caused by coal oil, and should be a warning to every
person using coal oil in any way.
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the bereaved relatives and friend of
Mrs. Bourn.  - Beckham County Democrat.
(9 Feb 1911, Thursday, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Mesdames A. D. Jones and W. D. Brockman went to Erick Thursday to attend
the funeral services of Mrs. S. A. Bourn, who was fatally burned on
Tuesday, an account of which sad accident will be found elsewhere in the
Standard.
(17 Feb 1911, Carter Express, Carter, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Augusta Boum (sic), of Erick, was burned to death Tuesday of last
week by an explosion of coal oil.
She was starting a fire in the kitchen stove and was using coal oil, the
fire caught to her clothing, and as she left the door her screams brought
a carpenter who was working near by.  He ran into the house got a quilt
and caught the woman and wraped (sic) her in the quilt thus smothering the
flames.  It was found that three fourths of the flesh on the outside was
burned to a crisp.  She died in a few hours.
Such tragedies are read about almost daily in the newspapers, yet people
go right on kindling fires with coal oil.  Sad experience is the only
school that will teach the people and sometimes they do not heed even
that.