Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), Sunday, August 6, 1939; pg. 18
ANOTHER HOME MISHAP FATAL
Exploding Wax Results in Death of Mrs. Allie Woerner
Deaths from household accidents in and near Sioux City within a week mounted to three Saturday when Mrs. Allie Woerner, 48, succumbed at a hospital here from body burns she suffered late Friday afternoon in the explosion of a can of floor wax which she was heating on a stove in her home, two miles north of the city on Broken Kettle road (sic).
Brought to the Methodist hospital here for treatment, Mrs. Woerner remained conscious, but in intense pain until about two hours before she died.
The woman's husband, Harry, 48, was upstairs in the home at the time of the explosion. He ran to the kitchen and found his wife enveloped in flames. Ripping the clothing from her body, he attempted to save his wife's life and suffered severely burned hands and wrists himself.
The boiling wax which was showered on the woman clung to her skin in hundreds of places, literally burning holes in her flesh.
A daughter, Mrs. Lyle Johnson, who also lives on the farm, brought her parents to the hospital.
Mrs. Woerner was born January 24, 1891, at Burr Oak, Kan. Surviving, besides the widower, Harry, are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Krumweide of Dakota City and Mrs. Irene Johnson of South Sioux City; a son, Dale, who resided with his parents; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Webber of Bruno, Colo., and three brothers, John and Edward Hower, both of Denver, and Clarence Hower of Superior, Neb.
Mrs. Woerner's body was taken to the Butler-Beerman mortuary at South Sioux City pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), Monday, August 7, 1939; pg. 2
Last Rites at Homer for Victim of Wax Explosion
Funeral services for Mrs. Allie Mae Woerner, 48, who died Saturday afternoon in a hospital from body burns suffered Friday when a can of wax she was heating on a stove at her home exploded, will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Methodist church at Homer, Neb.
Rev. E.S. Pangborn of Boals Methodist church (sic), South Sioux City, will officiate. Burial will be at the Omadi cemetery (sic), near Homer, under the direction of the Butler-Beermann mortuary of South Sioux City.
Mrs. Woerner lived two miles north of Sioux City on Broken Kettle road (sic).
ANOTHER HOME MISHAP FATAL
Exploding Wax Results in Death of Mrs. Allie Woerner
Deaths from household accidents in and near Sioux City within a week mounted to three Saturday when Mrs. Allie Woerner, 48, succumbed at a hospital here from body burns she suffered late Friday afternoon in the explosion of a can of floor wax which she was heating on a stove in her home, two miles north of the city on Broken Kettle road (sic).
Brought to the Methodist hospital here for treatment, Mrs. Woerner remained conscious, but in intense pain until about two hours before she died.
The woman's husband, Harry, 48, was upstairs in the home at the time of the explosion. He ran to the kitchen and found his wife enveloped in flames. Ripping the clothing from her body, he attempted to save his wife's life and suffered severely burned hands and wrists himself.
The boiling wax which was showered on the woman clung to her skin in hundreds of places, literally burning holes in her flesh.
A daughter, Mrs. Lyle Johnson, who also lives on the farm, brought her parents to the hospital.
Mrs. Woerner was born January 24, 1891, at Burr Oak, Kan. Surviving, besides the widower, Harry, are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Krumweide of Dakota City and Mrs. Irene Johnson of South Sioux City; a son, Dale, who resided with his parents; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Webber of Bruno, Colo., and three brothers, John and Edward Hower, both of Denver, and Clarence Hower of Superior, Neb.
Mrs. Woerner's body was taken to the Butler-Beerman mortuary at South Sioux City pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), Monday, August 7, 1939; pg. 2
Last Rites at Homer for Victim of Wax Explosion
Funeral services for Mrs. Allie Mae Woerner, 48, who died Saturday afternoon in a hospital from body burns suffered Friday when a can of wax she was heating on a stove at her home exploded, will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Methodist church at Homer, Neb.
Rev. E.S. Pangborn of Boals Methodist church (sic), South Sioux City, will officiate. Burial will be at the Omadi cemetery (sic), near Homer, under the direction of the Butler-Beermann mortuary of South Sioux City.
Mrs. Woerner lived two miles north of Sioux City on Broken Kettle road (sic).
Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), Sunday, August 6, 1939; pg. 18
ANOTHER HOME MISHAP FATAL
Exploding Wax Results in Death of Mrs. Allie Woerner
Deaths from household accidents in and near Sioux City within a week mounted to three Saturday when Mrs. Allie Woerner, 48, succumbed at a hospital here from body burns she suffered late Friday afternoon in the explosion of a can of floor wax which she was heating on a stove in her home, two miles north of the city on Broken Kettle road (sic).
Brought to the Methodist hospital here for treatment, Mrs. Woerner remained conscious, but in intense pain until about two hours before she died.
The woman's husband, Harry, 48, was upstairs in the home at the time of the explosion. He ran to the kitchen and found his wife enveloped in flames. Ripping the clothing from her body, he attempted to save his wife's life and suffered severely burned hands and wrists himself.
The boiling wax which was showered on the woman clung to her skin in hundreds of places, literally burning holes in her flesh.
A daughter, Mrs. Lyle Johnson, who also lives on the farm, brought her parents to the hospital.
Mrs. Woerner was born January 24, 1891, at Burr Oak, Kan. Surviving, besides the widower, Harry, are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Krumweide of Dakota City and Mrs. Irene Johnson of South Sioux City; a son, Dale, who resided with his parents; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Webber of Bruno, Colo., and three brothers, John and Edward Hower, both of Denver, and Clarence Hower of Superior, Neb.
Mrs. Woerner's body was taken to the Butler-Beerman mortuary at South Sioux City pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), Monday, August 7, 1939; pg. 2
Last Rites at Homer for Victim of Wax Explosion
Funeral services for Mrs. Allie Mae Woerner, 48, who died Saturday afternoon in a hospital from body burns suffered Friday when a can of wax she was heating on a stove at her home exploded, will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Methodist church at Homer, Neb.
Rev. E.S. Pangborn of Boals Methodist church (sic), South Sioux City, will officiate. Burial will be at the Omadi cemetery (sic), near Homer, under the direction of the Butler-Beermann mortuary of South Sioux City.
Mrs. Woerner lived two miles north of Sioux City on Broken Kettle road (sic).
ANOTHER HOME MISHAP FATAL
Exploding Wax Results in Death of Mrs. Allie Woerner
Deaths from household accidents in and near Sioux City within a week mounted to three Saturday when Mrs. Allie Woerner, 48, succumbed at a hospital here from body burns she suffered late Friday afternoon in the explosion of a can of floor wax which she was heating on a stove in her home, two miles north of the city on Broken Kettle road (sic).
Brought to the Methodist hospital here for treatment, Mrs. Woerner remained conscious, but in intense pain until about two hours before she died.
The woman's husband, Harry, 48, was upstairs in the home at the time of the explosion. He ran to the kitchen and found his wife enveloped in flames. Ripping the clothing from her body, he attempted to save his wife's life and suffered severely burned hands and wrists himself.
The boiling wax which was showered on the woman clung to her skin in hundreds of places, literally burning holes in her flesh.
A daughter, Mrs. Lyle Johnson, who also lives on the farm, brought her parents to the hospital.
Mrs. Woerner was born January 24, 1891, at Burr Oak, Kan. Surviving, besides the widower, Harry, are two daughters, Mrs. Viola Krumweide of Dakota City and Mrs. Irene Johnson of South Sioux City; a son, Dale, who resided with his parents; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Webber of Bruno, Colo., and three brothers, John and Edward Hower, both of Denver, and Clarence Hower of Superior, Neb.
Mrs. Woerner's body was taken to the Butler-Beerman mortuary at South Sioux City pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), Monday, August 7, 1939; pg. 2
Last Rites at Homer for Victim of Wax Explosion
Funeral services for Mrs. Allie Mae Woerner, 48, who died Saturday afternoon in a hospital from body burns suffered Friday when a can of wax she was heating on a stove at her home exploded, will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Methodist church at Homer, Neb.
Rev. E.S. Pangborn of Boals Methodist church (sic), South Sioux City, will officiate. Burial will be at the Omadi cemetery (sic), near Homer, under the direction of the Butler-Beermann mortuary of South Sioux City.
Mrs. Woerner lived two miles north of Sioux City on Broken Kettle road (sic).
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