The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 21, 1917, p 3

Boy Burned To Death

Open Gas Heater Fires Clothing of Sapulpa Child

Sapulpa, Okla., Dec 20 (Special)

A Christmas time tragedy occurred last night at the home of B. Edmonds, when his son, Earl, 7 years old, was burned to death. The child's clothing was ignited when he approached too close to an open gas heater. He run from the house, a living torch, and before he could be captured and the flames extinguished he had been so badly burned that he died within a short time.