Saturday, January 13, 2018

9-Month-Old Daughter Falls Into Fire, 1918

“Baby Burns to Death on Coals at Newton,” from the Hickory Daily Record, January 2, 1918

Newton, Jan. 1—Saturday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Gantt their little nine-months-old daughter was burned to death. The mother had only been out of the room a few minutes when she returned to find her child lying on a bed of coals, it having crawled to the fire and falling in face foremost. It only lived a few minutes after it was found. The little one was frightfully burned about the face and head. The funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. M.A. Matheson of the North Newton Methodist church.

Thermometers Sunday morning registered anywhere from 1 to 8 degrees below zero. All pipes were frozen and in a number of homes the canned goods didn’t escape. Services were held in the churches, but the attendance was very small.

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