Clara DeBOW Burnt (1871)
Miss Clara DeBOW, a step-daughter of Dr. W.L. NICHOL, of Nashville, was seriously, if not fatally burnt by her clothes taking fire from a blazing match which she carelessly threw upon the floor, after lighting the gas in her room, last Monday night.
Source: Whig & Tribune. 9 September 1871. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.