OBIT: Mrs. John BURLEY, 1914, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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Burley, Mrs. John

WOMAN'S TERRIBLE DEATH, Mrs. Jonn (John) Burley of Confluence Burned. As a 
result of pouring kerosene on her kitchen fire at her home in Confluence early 
Tuesday morning, Mrs. John Burley was burned to death, passing away about noon 
of the same day. Frantic with fright, Mrs. Burley tried to beat out the flames, 
but as they enveloped her she plunged through a window. Unable to extricate 
herself she hung suspended head downward, until neighbors arrived. In addition 
to her burns she was frightfully cut by the glass. Suffering greatly, the woman 
was carried inside. Then her four little children gathered about her in their 
night clothes. Realizing that she had no chance of recovery, the mother bade 
them a tearful farewell, while the little ones looked on wide-eyed, unable to 
comprehend just what had happened. A few months ago a baby in the same family 
pulled a kettle of boiling water over him and was fatally burned. Four other 
small children survive. Mr. Burley was absent on a hunting trip. Mrs. Burley was 
a daughter of the late John Leslie of Fort Hill and in addition to her husband 
and children she leaves several brothers and sisters. She was about 40 years of 
age. Funeral Tuesday with interment in Ursina Cemetery.

Meyersdale Commercial, Nov. 19, 1914