Posted by Rana on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 16:23:48 :

San Francisco, Nov. 6. – Mrs. Rudolph WELSSELS and her five year-old son Rudolph lost their lives by the explosion of a coal oil lamp at their home. The child playfully pulled a tablecloth off a table on which stood the lighted lamp, which fell to the floor and immediately exploded.

Source: The Findlay Republican (Ohio), November 9, 1897, page 5