BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 13, 1901 WOMAN AND CHILD BURNED Attempt To Rescue a Granddaughter Ends in Double Tragedy. Washington, Ind., Dec. 9. – Mrs. Eli Clark, of Odon, this county, and her little granddaughter were burned to death at their home there today. The little girl was playing near a grate when her clothing caught fire. The grandmother heard the screams of the frightened child, and, running into the room picked the little one up and carried it out into the yard, attempting to extinguish the flames. The grandmother's clothing caught fire as she tried to fight off the flames enveloping the child, and soon both were a mass of flames. Before assistance arrived their clothing and hair were burned off and their bodies were burned to a crisp. Death resulted a few minutes later.