Today’s Superheated Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
On September 13, 1949, little Karen Lee Anderson, four-and-a-half-years old, of Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, was visiting Black Sand Basin near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park with her mother. At 11:30 a.m. she pulled away from her mother, ran to a hot spring near the creek, and fell into it. Karen sustained second- and third-degree burns over ninety percent of her body. She died very quickly.
Black Sand Basin
Karen Anderson was probably fortunate to succumb quickly. Danny Lewis of Austin, Minnesota, was not so lucky. The six-year-old boy was fishing with his father, William Lewis, on the Firehole River on June 13, 1958. His misstep happened at the large hot spring named Ojo Caliente (Spanish for hot springs) in Lower Geyser Basin. Danny P. Lewis fell into that superheated spring and then lived for two more days. He died on June 15 from third-degree burns over all of his body except his head and neck. Ojo Caliente is one of the Park’s hottest springs at 198-202°F.
The Unfortunate Danny Lewis
Culled from: Death In Yellowstone
Crime Scene Du Jour!
DROPPED ON THE SPOT
December 9, 1939
Photographer: Willard
Overheard is the sign The Spot. On sidewalk is riddled body of David (The Beetle) Beadle, former Hell’s Kitchen tough. He was shot down early this morning at 46th and Tenth Ave. by two or three killers who escaped in cabs.
I believe this is the same location today. It was nicer before, but wasn’t everything?
Culled from: New York Noir: Crime Photos from the Daily News Archive