HURT, Lourana Alzona “Lou” (Brown)

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Terrible and Probably Fatal Accident.

An accident occurred in Union town­ship on Monday afternoon last, that may result in the death of a young lady. Miss Lu Brown, aged sixteen, daughter of Mr. John J. Brown, was engaged in doing the family washing, a fire for the purpose of boiling the clothes having been built close to where the young lady was working. From this fire her clothing caught and flamed up around her. Her cries brought her mother and a gentleman who was doing some paint­ing on the house, to her assistance, both of whom were severely burned in reliev­ing her. After the flames were extinguished, an examination showed her to be badly burned from the knees to the waist. Medical assistance was summoned as soon as possible. Her suf­ferings were most excruciating; and it was reported that the injuries would most probably prove fatal.

As coincidences of this affair it may be stated that about three years ago a child of a brother of Mr. Brown, cousin to this young lady, was burned to death, and a child of a cousin of Mr. Brown, a few years since, met a like fate. Mr. Brown is also a brother of the old gentle­man who, last winter, was mur­dered in Morgan County, with which crime Mrs. Parrott and “Buck” Brown, daughter and son of the murdered man, and Joe Greer, a son-in-law, were charged—the first and last having been tried, however, and acquitted.

Note: Miss Brown did NOT die as a result of this accident. She lived until 1900.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 6, 1900,
Volume XL Number 40, page 3 column 3

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PROVIDENCE.

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Mrs. Lou Hurt, of Greenwood, daughter of John J. Brown, died last Saturday of bowel and stomach trouble. Covert’s undertakers brought the re­mains to Brownstown last Sunday af­ternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The funeral was preached in the Christian church by Rev. Sidebottom. The remains were laid to rest in Bluff Creek cemetery until the resurrection morn.

Link to Lourana Alzona “Lou” (Brown) Hurt’s grave

Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Greenwood, Pleasant Township, Johnson, Indiana, Health Officer’s Record Number 33, page 125, records that Alzona Louraine Hurtt [sic] died on 7 Apr 1900 [sic date of obit is 6 Apr 1900], aged 38 years in Greenwood from exhaustion caused by peritonitis. She was female, white, married and a housewife, born in Johnson County, Indiana. Her father’s name was John J. Brown (born in Johnson County, Indiana) and her mother’s maiden name was Sarah Nilson (born in Morgan County, Indiana). Burial in Bluff Creek Cemetery on 9 Apr 1900 [sic], Covert & Covert, undertaker.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson