Wife of George L.
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The Tiller and Toiler Feb February 23, 1906, p. 2
Mother and Daughter Dead.
Mrs. Alice Brinkman and Daughter, Miss Christine, Smothered to Death During a Fire in Their Home in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Daily Star of Feb. 9th, contained the following account of the death by suffocation in that city of Mrs. Geo. L. Brinkman and her daughter, Miss Christine, who were sister-in-law and niece of W.H. Brinkman of the Frizell Hardware Co. Of this city:
"Miss Christine Brinkman died at three o'clock this morning. Her mother, Mrs. Alice P. Brinkman, died early Tuesday morning. Both deaths resulted from the inhaling of smoke which rose from a smoldering (sic) fire in the basement of their home at 3704 Baltimore Ave.
Miss Brinkman never fully regained consciousness after the firemen bore her to the home of E.M. Clendening, next door, where she died. Once she rallied sufficiently from the weakness induced by almost incessant coughing comma to ask for her mother, of whose fate she was ignorant, but her strength soon failed. Dr. Samuel C. Ayers, the family physician, practically abandoned hope of Miss Brinkmann's recovery at noon yesterday. For twenty-four hours her life was prolonged by the use of the strongest stimulants known to science a form of pneumonia developed last night, and this indirectly hastened the end. Oxygen was used without avail all day yesterday."
"It was evident to those who were with Miss Brinkman until she died that she had a confused idea of the fire. In her delirium she spoke of trying to reach the telephone to turn in an alarm. She was found lying near the instrument, in the hallway, the receiver hanging from the hook, while the fact that an alarm really was received showed that she had done all she could do to summon help. Sometimes miss brinkman spoke French, sometimes English."
"It may never be know (sic) clearly how the fire originated in the Brinkman home Monday night. The mother and daughter were alone. A servant had been discharged the previous afternoon and Ray Brickman, the son, had gone to Des Moines, Ia., that night. It was thought that live ashes from the furnace had ignited a pile of rubbish Mrs. Brinkman and Miss Christine slept upstairs. They probably were awakened by the smoke which entered their room through the registers. They went downstairs to investigate. Opening the basement door they were met with a cloud of smoke. Miss Christine seized the telephone and sent in an alarm. Then she was overcome. Mrs. Brinkman fell unconscious within two feet of the front door."
"The firemen lost several minutes looking for the fire after they reached 37th St. and Baltimore Ave. and when they finally broke a window and entered the Brickman home they supposed the occupants had been away. When they found the woman both were unconscious. Mrs. Brinkman died a few minutes later in Mr. Clendening's home."
"Miss Christine Brinkman was 24 years old. She was born in Kansas City, was graduated at the Central High School in 1899 and went to Wellesley College in 1903. She studied French and German in European schools for two years, and with her mother and two sisters, one of whom has since died, she traveled extensively. Mrs. Brinkman was 54 years old. She was born in Fond du Lac Wis. George L. Brinkman, the father of the family, was once president of the Kansas City Milling Company and the Manufacturers Association. He died in San Array, Guatemala, in July, 1902."
"There will be a double funeral at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the home of J.P. Prescott, 3904 Warwick Blvd, Mrs. Binkman's (sic) brother, where mother and daughter lie side by side. The Rev. George Reynolds of the second Presbyterian Church will officiate. The bodies will be placed in a vault in Mount Washington Cemetery."
"Ray Brinkman, who was visiting in Arizona and returned when notified of the tragedy in her home, are the only surviving members of the family."
Alice Prescott married George L. Brinkman in 1875 in Pawnee County. George and his brother, William owned and operated lumber yards and grain elevators in Ellinwood and Great Bend.
George suffered from a kidney disorder and his physician suggested a change of climate. He decided to go to Guatemala, where two of his brothers-in-law lived. "He (George) went across the Gulf from New Orleans and proceeded 125 miles inland to the town of San Arape (???). Five years ago a daughter of Mr. Brinkman had died there of mountain fever and owing to the law of the country, the body could not be brought back for five years. It was Mr. Brinkman's intention to bring to Kanas City the body for final burial." [1]
The exact date of George's death is unknown; however, sources differ on whether it was July or August of 1903. His burial took place at San Arape (???), and records indicate his body remains in Guatemala.
[1] The Kansas City Star July 23, 1902
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The Tiller and Toiler Feb February 23, 1906, p. 2
Mother and Daughter Dead.
Mrs. Alice Brinkman and Daughter, Miss Christine, Smothered to Death During a Fire in Their Home in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Daily Star of Feb. 9th, contained the following account of the death by suffocation in that city of Mrs. Geo. L. Brinkman and her daughter, Miss Christine, who were sister-in-law and niece of W.H. Brinkman of the Frizell Hardware Co. Of this city:
"Miss Christine Brinkman died at three o'clock this morning. Her mother, Mrs. Alice P. Brinkman, died early Tuesday morning. Both deaths resulted from the inhaling of smoke which rose from a smoldering (sic) fire in the basement of their home at 3704 Baltimore Ave.
Miss Brinkman never fully regained consciousness after the firemen bore her to the home of E.M. Clendening, next door, where she died. Once she rallied sufficiently from the weakness induced by almost incessant coughing comma to ask for her mother, of whose fate she was ignorant, but her strength soon failed. Dr. Samuel C. Ayers, the family physician, practically abandoned hope of Miss Brinkmann's recovery at noon yesterday. For twenty-four hours her life was prolonged by the use of the strongest stimulants known to science a form of pneumonia developed last night, and this indirectly hastened the end. Oxygen was used without avail all day yesterday."
"It was evident to those who were with Miss Brinkman until she died that she had a confused idea of the fire. In her delirium she spoke of trying to reach the telephone to turn in an alarm. She was found lying near the instrument, in the hallway, the receiver hanging from the hook, while the fact that an alarm really was received showed that she had done all she could do to summon help. Sometimes miss brinkman spoke French, sometimes English."
"It may never be know (sic) clearly how the fire originated in the Brinkman home Monday night. The mother and daughter were alone. A servant had been discharged the previous afternoon and Ray Brickman, the son, had gone to Des Moines, Ia., that night. It was thought that live ashes from the furnace had ignited a pile of rubbish Mrs. Brinkman and Miss Christine slept upstairs. They probably were awakened by the smoke which entered their room through the registers. They went downstairs to investigate. Opening the basement door they were met with a cloud of smoke. Miss Christine seized the telephone and sent in an alarm. Then she was overcome. Mrs. Brinkman fell unconscious within two feet of the front door."
"The firemen lost several minutes looking for the fire after they reached 37th St. and Baltimore Ave. and when they finally broke a window and entered the Brickman home they supposed the occupants had been away. When they found the woman both were unconscious. Mrs. Brinkman died a few minutes later in Mr. Clendening's home."
"Miss Christine Brinkman was 24 years old. She was born in Kansas City, was graduated at the Central High School in 1899 and went to Wellesley College in 1903. She studied French and German in European schools for two years, and with her mother and two sisters, one of whom has since died, she traveled extensively. Mrs. Brinkman was 54 years old. She was born in Fond du Lac Wis. George L. Brinkman, the father of the family, was once president of the Kansas City Milling Company and the Manufacturers Association. He died in San Array, Guatemala, in July, 1902."
"There will be a double funeral at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the home of J.P. Prescott, 3904 Warwick Blvd, Mrs. Binkman's (sic) brother, where mother and daughter lie side by side. The Rev. George Reynolds of the second Presbyterian Church will officiate. The bodies will be placed in a vault in Mount Washington Cemetery."
"Ray Brinkman, who was visiting in Arizona and returned when notified of the tragedy in her home, are the only surviving members of the family."
Alice Prescott married George L. Brinkman in 1875 in Pawnee County. George and his brother, William owned and operated lumber yards and grain elevators in Ellinwood and Great Bend.
George suffered from a kidney disorder and his physician suggested a change of climate. He decided to go to Guatemala, where two of his brothers-in-law lived. "He (George) went across the Gulf from New Orleans and proceeded 125 miles inland to the town of San Arape (???). Five years ago a daughter of Mr. Brinkman had died there of mountain fever and owing to the law of the country, the body could not be brought back for five years. It was Mr. Brinkman's intention to bring to Kanas City the body for final burial." [1]
The exact date of George's death is unknown; however, sources differ on whether it was July or August of 1903. His burial took place at San Arape (???), and records indicate his body remains in Guatemala.
[1] The Kansas City Star July 23, 1902
Wife of George L.
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The Tiller and Toiler Feb February 23, 1906, p. 2
Mother and Daughter Dead.
Mrs. Alice Brinkman and Daughter, Miss Christine, Smothered to Death During a Fire in Their Home in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Daily Star of Feb. 9th, contained the following account of the death by suffocation in that city of Mrs. Geo. L. Brinkman and her daughter, Miss Christine, who were sister-in-law and niece of W.H. Brinkman of the Frizell Hardware Co. Of this city:
"Miss Christine Brinkman died at three o'clock this morning. Her mother, Mrs. Alice P. Brinkman, died early Tuesday morning. Both deaths resulted from the inhaling of smoke which rose from a smoldering (sic) fire in the basement of their home at 3704 Baltimore Ave.
Miss Brinkman never fully regained consciousness after the firemen bore her to the home of E.M. Clendening, next door, where she died. Once she rallied sufficiently from the weakness induced by almost incessant coughing comma to ask for her mother, of whose fate she was ignorant, but her strength soon failed. Dr. Samuel C. Ayers, the family physician, practically abandoned hope of Miss Brinkmann's recovery at noon yesterday. For twenty-four hours her life was prolonged by the use of the strongest stimulants known to science a form of pneumonia developed last night, and this indirectly hastened the end. Oxygen was used without avail all day yesterday."
"It was evident to those who were with Miss Brinkman until she died that she had a confused idea of the fire. In her delirium she spoke of trying to reach the telephone to turn in an alarm. She was found lying near the instrument, in the hallway, the receiver hanging from the hook, while the fact that an alarm really was received showed that she had done all she could do to summon help. Sometimes miss brinkman spoke French, sometimes English."
"It may never be know (sic) clearly how the fire originated in the Brinkman home Monday night. The mother and daughter were alone. A servant had been discharged the previous afternoon and Ray Brickman, the son, had gone to Des Moines, Ia., that night. It was thought that live ashes from the furnace had ignited a pile of rubbish Mrs. Brinkman and Miss Christine slept upstairs. They probably were awakened by the smoke which entered their room through the registers. They went downstairs to investigate. Opening the basement door they were met with a cloud of smoke. Miss Christine seized the telephone and sent in an alarm. Then she was overcome. Mrs. Brinkman fell unconscious within two feet of the front door."
"The firemen lost several minutes looking for the fire after they reached 37th St. and Baltimore Ave. and when they finally broke a window and entered the Brickman home they supposed the occupants had been away. When they found the woman both were unconscious. Mrs. Brinkman died a few minutes later in Mr. Clendening's home."
"Miss Christine Brinkman was 24 years old. She was born in Kansas City, was graduated at the Central High School in 1899 and went to Wellesley College in 1903. She studied French and German in European schools for two years, and with her mother and two sisters, one of whom has since died, she traveled extensively. Mrs. Brinkman was 54 years old. She was born in Fond du Lac Wis. George L. Brinkman, the father of the family, was once president of the Kansas City Milling Company and the Manufacturers Association. He died in San Array, Guatemala, in July, 1902."
"There will be a double funeral at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the home of J.P. Prescott, 3904 Warwick Blvd, Mrs. Binkman's (sic) brother, where mother and daughter lie side by side. The Rev. George Reynolds of the second Presbyterian Church will officiate. The bodies will be placed in a vault in Mount Washington Cemetery."
"Ray Brinkman, who was visiting in Arizona and returned when notified of the tragedy in her home, are the only surviving members of the family."
Alice Prescott married George L. Brinkman in 1875 in Pawnee County. George and his brother, William owned and operated lumber yards and grain elevators in Ellinwood and Great Bend.
George suffered from a kidney disorder and his physician suggested a change of climate. He decided to go to Guatemala, where two of his brothers-in-law lived. "He (George) went across the Gulf from New Orleans and proceeded 125 miles inland to the town of San Arape (???). Five years ago a daughter of Mr. Brinkman had died there of mountain fever and owing to the law of the country, the body could not be brought back for five years. It was Mr. Brinkman's intention to bring to Kanas City the body for final burial." [1]
The exact date of George's death is unknown; however, sources differ on whether it was July or August of 1903. His burial took place at San Arape (???), and records indicate his body remains in Guatemala.
[1] The Kansas City Star July 23, 1902
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The Tiller and Toiler Feb February 23, 1906, p. 2
Mother and Daughter Dead.
Mrs. Alice Brinkman and Daughter, Miss Christine, Smothered to Death During a Fire in Their Home in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Daily Star of Feb. 9th, contained the following account of the death by suffocation in that city of Mrs. Geo. L. Brinkman and her daughter, Miss Christine, who were sister-in-law and niece of W.H. Brinkman of the Frizell Hardware Co. Of this city:
"Miss Christine Brinkman died at three o'clock this morning. Her mother, Mrs. Alice P. Brinkman, died early Tuesday morning. Both deaths resulted from the inhaling of smoke which rose from a smoldering (sic) fire in the basement of their home at 3704 Baltimore Ave.
Miss Brinkman never fully regained consciousness after the firemen bore her to the home of E.M. Clendening, next door, where she died. Once she rallied sufficiently from the weakness induced by almost incessant coughing comma to ask for her mother, of whose fate she was ignorant, but her strength soon failed. Dr. Samuel C. Ayers, the family physician, practically abandoned hope of Miss Brinkmann's recovery at noon yesterday. For twenty-four hours her life was prolonged by the use of the strongest stimulants known to science a form of pneumonia developed last night, and this indirectly hastened the end. Oxygen was used without avail all day yesterday."
"It was evident to those who were with Miss Brinkman until she died that she had a confused idea of the fire. In her delirium she spoke of trying to reach the telephone to turn in an alarm. She was found lying near the instrument, in the hallway, the receiver hanging from the hook, while the fact that an alarm really was received showed that she had done all she could do to summon help. Sometimes miss brinkman spoke French, sometimes English."
"It may never be know (sic) clearly how the fire originated in the Brinkman home Monday night. The mother and daughter were alone. A servant had been discharged the previous afternoon and Ray Brickman, the son, had gone to Des Moines, Ia., that night. It was thought that live ashes from the furnace had ignited a pile of rubbish Mrs. Brinkman and Miss Christine slept upstairs. They probably were awakened by the smoke which entered their room through the registers. They went downstairs to investigate. Opening the basement door they were met with a cloud of smoke. Miss Christine seized the telephone and sent in an alarm. Then she was overcome. Mrs. Brinkman fell unconscious within two feet of the front door."
"The firemen lost several minutes looking for the fire after they reached 37th St. and Baltimore Ave. and when they finally broke a window and entered the Brickman home they supposed the occupants had been away. When they found the woman both were unconscious. Mrs. Brinkman died a few minutes later in Mr. Clendening's home."
"Miss Christine Brinkman was 24 years old. She was born in Kansas City, was graduated at the Central High School in 1899 and went to Wellesley College in 1903. She studied French and German in European schools for two years, and with her mother and two sisters, one of whom has since died, she traveled extensively. Mrs. Brinkman was 54 years old. She was born in Fond du Lac Wis. George L. Brinkman, the father of the family, was once president of the Kansas City Milling Company and the Manufacturers Association. He died in San Array, Guatemala, in July, 1902."
"There will be a double funeral at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the home of J.P. Prescott, 3904 Warwick Blvd, Mrs. Binkman's (sic) brother, where mother and daughter lie side by side. The Rev. George Reynolds of the second Presbyterian Church will officiate. The bodies will be placed in a vault in Mount Washington Cemetery."
"Ray Brinkman, who was visiting in Arizona and returned when notified of the tragedy in her home, are the only surviving members of the family."
Alice Prescott married George L. Brinkman in 1875 in Pawnee County. George and his brother, William owned and operated lumber yards and grain elevators in Ellinwood and Great Bend.
George suffered from a kidney disorder and his physician suggested a change of climate. He decided to go to Guatemala, where two of his brothers-in-law lived. "He (George) went across the Gulf from New Orleans and proceeded 125 miles inland to the town of San Arape (???). Five years ago a daughter of Mr. Brinkman had died there of mountain fever and owing to the law of the country, the body could not be brought back for five years. It was Mr. Brinkman's intention to bring to Kanas City the body for final burial." [1]
The exact date of George's death is unknown; however, sources differ on whether it was July or August of 1903. His burial took place at San Arape (???), and records indicate his body remains in Guatemala.
[1] The Kansas City Star July 23, 1902
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