6 Dec 1940: Despite the heroic efforts exerted at the Good Samaritan Hospital to save her life, Mrs. Sara Aunspach (sic), 36, of 207 South Lancaster Street, Annville, passed away at 8:40 o'clock this morning, the victim of burns and shock she sustained yesterday morning in the A. S. Kreider shoe factory where she was employed for the past three years. Mrs. Aunspach's clothing caught fire while she was working in the packing room near an open gas jet and she was burned over about three-fourths of her body. Representatives of the Kreider Company made a hurried trip to Bryn Mawr Hospital yesterday afternoon, and obtained a blood plasma, which was used over night in transfusions, in an effort to improve the patient's condition, but it proved of no avail. She was in a critical condition from the time of her admittance to the hospital and everything possible was done to ease her suffering and bring about an improvement. Harry Miller of Cleona, a fellow employee, who helped to beat out the flames, which enveloped Mrs. Aunspach, was severely burned and was rushed to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon where his condition was regarded as serious according to reports. Mrs. Aunspach was a member of the Annville United Brethren Church and was held in high esteem among the residents of Annville. She Is survived by her husband, John H. Aunspach, and five children; Eleanor, a junior in Annville High School, and John Jr., James, Stanley and Russell Aunspach. Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Leon Alexander, Stroudsburg, and her father, William Baylor, of Annville. Dr. John D. Boger, county coroner, said this morning there was no doubt but that the burns caused Mrs. Aunspach's death, and he does not intend to hold an autopsy or inquest in the case. He proposed however, to investigate the manner in which the accident occurred, which is more or less of a mystery, since no one actually saw what happened until Mrs. Aunspach was suddenly enveloped in flames. [Lebanon Daily News]