Ella Wall
Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, 1 September 1900, page 8
GIRL BURNED
Ella Wall, a fourteen year old orphan girl, residing with her
brother, Bart Wall, a mill man, at 328 West Seventh street in Newport Ky. was
fatally and horribly burned yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock by the explosion
of a kerosene can while preparing to get supper for her brother, who had not yet
come home from the mill.
The little girl thought to accelerate the cooking by pouring coal oil on the kitchen fire with the usual result. There was a deafening report, the oil can was blown perfectly flat and a few seconds later, little Ella ran into the street in front of her home with the flames enveloping her and mounting high above her head. John Kohihaven, who lives across the street, at 325 West Seventh street, was the first to reach her side. He attempted the smother the flamers but was so badly burned that he was compelled to desist.
The Threes Hose House is but a short distance away from the Wall home and the attention of Firemen Fennel and Wilson and Motorman John Ochs was attracted by the girl's cries. They ran to her assistance and succeeded in extinguishing the flames by rolling her in a blanket. The fire had done its work as the child's body was burned deeply from head to foot, so badly that when picked up not a vestiage of clothing remained.
She was taken into the house and dr. Jenkins and Gerding were summoned. Both doctors gave it as their opinion that she could not recover and this proved correct as death ended the agony several hours after the accident.