"... her head was burned right off..."

But the cooking-places were very very high up, and she could not reach them properly, so she pulled forward the big kettle in which the cook boiled the hot water. And got on to it. Then she found she could poke the fire splendidly, and she was very much pleased. But the kettle was round at the bottom, and not very steady, and suddenly it tipped over, and she fell into the fire, and her head was burned right off.

From The Story of Little Kettle-head (1904), by Helen Bannerman.  The rest of the story is at the link.  Via The Presurfer.