' Last Tuesday Jan, 9th at about 9:00
o’clock, as Mrs. Mary Lang, of Flat
Roek, was putting. some wood into the
stove, her w oolen shawl which was about
her shoulders caught fire and in an in-
stant. she was in a mass Of flames. She
‘made. her :way to the front door just as
Dr, Lobdell was passing and her screams
- brought him to- her assistance at once.
All that: kind neighbors and friends could
do was done to’ releive her ° suffering.
‘She was so badly burned that she expir-
sat 4:50; the same -afternoon.: Mary
“Thorn | “was born at Port Creek, Feb. 6,
1846 and was married to Lee Lang, Oct.
}6, 1870. .-All her life was spent near and
in. Plat Rock. ‘Since the .death of her
husband, Dee: 3l, 1907, and the death of
‘her only sister, ‘Mrs... We. “Lang, which ;
occured April 28,-1911, she has been quite,
lonely only adding toit by this terrible’
death, . The funeral was held at the M.
Exchurch by Rev. Geo, Thurston, Thurs-
-day at 10:00 o’clock., Burial at. Port
“Pals 2 * |