Bonne Terre Democrat-Register, September 25, 1903. Last Sunday afternoon, after services at Centenary Church, three bodies, those of a mother and her two children, were laid to rest in one grave. The funeral was probably the saddest ever held in Bonne Terre and marked the closing scene of a heart-rending tragedy. Mrs. Mary Iahn, daughter Pearl, 13 years of age, and son, Harry, 10 years old, lived at 715 North Fifteenth Street, St. Louis. Harry was in the habit of walking in his sleep and during the night of Thursday, September 16, got up, turned on the gasoline in the stove burner and touched a match to it. An explosion followed and the room was immediately enveloped with flames. In attempting to save the boy, the mother's and daughter's clothing soon caught fire and thre three were so severely burned as to cause their deaths a few hours later. The family, having formerly resided in Bonne Terre, the bodies were shipped her Saturday and interred Sunday as stated above. To the surviving relatives we, in common with all citizens, extend our deepest sympathy.