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Obituary- Pitts, Beulah 1

LAMP EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH OF WILLARD GIRL
One of the most tragic deaths it has been our experience to note in these columns was that of Dolly Pitts, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pitts, of the Willard neighborhood, which occurred about 8 o’clock Sunday evening.

The accident in which Dolly was fatally burned occurred in the forenoon of that day when a gasoline lamp exploded at the Pitts home southeast of Willard.

When the girl picked up the lamp near a stove her mother saw a flame coming from the lamp and shouted at her daughter, but before she could put it down, the lamp exploded with a terrific report.

The child ran blindly out of the room screaming. Her mother and twin brother Staley threw her down on the floor and smothered the flames with a rug, but not before the child was frightfully burned. Mrs. Pitt was also severely burned and her face scorched while trying to extinguish the flames. She was also treated at the hospital.

The girl was given emergency treatment by Dr. C. S. Smith of Rossville and then was taken to Christ hospital.

The explosion badly damaged the house. Three doors were blown off their hinges, the walls of the house were sprung and practically every window pane was blown out.

Besides her parents, Dolly is survived by two brothers, Ralph and Staley, and a sister, Isabelle, all of the home address.

The funeral service was held in the Shellabarger chapel, in Topeka, Wednesday afternoon and the body interred in Memorial cemetery.

Rossville high school was dismissed and the majority of the students attended the service. The little girl had long been a favorite with Rossville and Willard people and her tragic death caused grief and sadness among her schoolmates. She was a freshman in Rossville high school.

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