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Monday, October 18, 2021

Grimes Could Only Rescue One Child Before Overcome by Smoke, Oct. 18, 1921

A Colored Child Burned to Death

Report has just been received of the burning of the home of a colored family named Grimes living on the Tom Sherrod place between Palmyra and Hobgood, the fire having occurred last Saturday.

It appears that the husband and wife were working in the field and had left two small children at the house. Suddenly they saw flames burst from the building and both rushed to save the children. The husband broke in the door and despite the smoke and flames succeeded in bringing one of the children to the door and handing it through the window to his wife, and then attempted to go back for the other, but he was so nearly overcome by the smoke and the intensity of the flames that he was forced to seek air. The building was completely destroyed and the other child burned to a crisp.

From the front page of The Commonwealth, Scotland Neck, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1921

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