Elizabeth Martini^{[1, 2]}

1889 - 1941  (51 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Martini
  Born	20 Nov 1889	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Misfortune	killed in fire
  Name	Elizabeth Alles
  Name	Lizzie Martini
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Roman Catholic
  Residence	1921	40 Dekay St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1941	211 Strange St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-77845
  Died	26 Mar 1941	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I77845	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	August Martini,   b. 3 Aug 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jun 1926, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Louise Runstedler,   b. 21 Aug 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Apr 1937, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F20302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pearlison Eckert Alles,   b. 7 Jan 1890, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Roy Wilbert Alles,   b. 23 Jul 1912, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F42913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Fire Devours Her Clothing Alone at Time, Victim Found Lying on Sofa By Her Husband. Death of a 51-year-old woman from severe fire burns last night proved a complete mystery to police and fire officials today. The woman Mrs. Pearlson E. Alles of 211 Strange street, died at K-W Hospital early today. The unemployed husband of the dead woman arrived home shortly after 10 o'clock last night and found his wife lying on a livingroom sofa with her clothes almost burned off. Only her footwear was untouched. There were signs of fire in the small frame house outside of a chair in the dining room, the back of which was badly burned. Three hooked rugs were found just outside the kitchen door, all badly burned. The snow had melted around the rugs. ALONE IN THE HOUSE The woman was conscious when she was found. A neighbour, Mrs. Joseph Smiley, who arrived shortly after the victim's husband, asked the injured woman if she could tell what caused the accident "I don't know," Mrs. Alles is reported as saying "it all happened so fast." The woman was alone in the house at the time of the accident police learned. The husband said he went downtown in the afternoon and didn't return until shortly after 10 o'clock. Roy, 29 year-old son, and Miss Florence Martine, sister of Mrs. Alles, also live in the frame house. They arrived home shortly after the husband. Police believe the middle-aged woman tried to light a fire in the living room stove and that her clothes caught fire. Fresh coal was found in the stove. There was no fire in a kitchen stove. The rugs were on a chair in the diningroom before the accident. Apparently the injured woman carried the rugs outside and then rushed back and tried to remove her burning clothes. COVERED BY BLANKET She had an old sweater on, police learned, and burned parts of the sweater were found in a dish of water in the dining room table. All that was left of her clothing was a small portion of her undershirt. Her stockings, with the top part slightly burned, and her slippers. The woman was covered by a blanket when found. "My God, she was such a good-natured soul." Said the husband today, tears filling his eyes. "I don't understand how it happened." Warin Wahl, 19 a neighbor, told police he noticed there was something wrong. I smelled smoke coming in through my brother's bedroom window and I went to investigate. When I was sure it wasn't in our house I went outside and found mats burning near the Alles' rear door. I put the fire out and just as I finished Mr. Alles came along the street. NURSE CALLS AMBULANCE Young Wahl and Mr. Alles went into the house together but the neighboring youth stopped in the diningroom. Meanwhile, Helen Wahl telephoned Mrs. Joseph Smiley, who lives in an apartment about 100 yards away. Mrs. Smiley was entertaining Miss Helen Baker, a graduate nurse from the K-W Hospital. Both arrived a few seconds after the husband. The nurse called for the ambulance and Dr. T. Turner, the acting coroner, was notified. Mrs. Smiley stood beside the injured woman until the ambulance arrived. "She was conscious,: Mrs. Smiley said, "but she couldn't talk. I asked her if it started in the stove and all she could say was "no, it happened so fast I don't know." "It was terrible," said Mrs. Smiley. "Her top lip was sunken in and her lower lip was swollen. All she had on was a blanket". CLEANED STOVE OUT "If we only knew what happened." Said Miss Martine. Mrs. Ernest Wahl told police today she was in the Alles house early in the evening and saw Mrs. Alles clean out the livingroom stove. "It hasn't caught yet." She was told by Mrs. Alles. No cigarette or matches were found on the floor. The only explanation by the police was that the woman's clothing probably caught fire while she was trying to light a fire. "We'll never know what happened" said Dr. Turner today. He reported that one fifth of the woman's body was charred and that she died from shock as the result of the burns. The burns were so severe he added, that there would have been no possibility of here surviving. "My theory is that a spark caught in the rugs and smouldered for a long time, finally igniting the rugs (made by the injured woman) were on a chair in the dining room and we know she must have taken them outside herself. Then her clothes caught fire." NO EXPLOSION SIGNS Dr. Turner didn't believe the woman's clothing caught fire while she was trying to light a fire in the stove. "There was no wood or paper in the stove." He said. "and there was no sign of the coal having been lit." Possibility of an explosion from cleaning fluid or other ignitable material was discounted by the doctor "There were no signs of an explosion," he said. Chief Coroner Dr. Ward Woolner of Ayr said today he didn't believe there would be an inquest. Mrs. Alles was born at Baden, Nov. 20, 1889, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. August Martine. She was married in Kitchener 30 years ago. Surviving are her husband, one son, Roy: two sisters, Miss Florence Martine and Mrs. Roy Zinken of Kitchener. Private funeral services will be held from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home on Saturday at 2 p. m. with internment at Woodland cemetery. Rev. G. F. Bartel of Calvary Memorial church will officiate. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 March 1941

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211808994. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Alles/ Pearlison Alles/ 1890-1941/ Elizabeth Martine/ His Beloved Wife/ 1889-1941/ Love's Last Gift-Remembrance [A] Kathleen [B] Father [C] Mother [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-4 Page 12. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 41. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 19 Page 12.

  
  

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  Born - 20 Nov 1889 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 40 Dekay St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Mar 1941 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth