BABY IS BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother Left Child Alone With a
Lighted Gas Stove.
Catharine Peck, the baby daughter of Mrs. E. C. Peck, 4326 Forest avenue, died last night at 8 o'clock as a result of burns received yesterday afternoon. It is supposed that the baby, who was 19 months old, got too near a lighted gas stove in the kitchen and her dress became ignited.
When Mrs. Peck stepped into the back yard of her home about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, she left little Catharine, who was just learning to walk, playing with her favorite kitten on the kitchen floor. A few moments later, hearing cries of anguish from the child, the mother ran to the kitchen, where she found the baby enveloped in flames. She ran with the child to a rain barrel which stood at the rear of the house and extinguished the flames by ducking the baby in the water.
Dr. W. A. Armour, who was calling in the neighborhood, was summoned, but nothing could be done to save the child's life. The coroner took charge of the case, but it is believed that no inquest will be necessary. The child's father, E. C. Peck, is a clerk for the Wells-Fargo Express company.
