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Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Shelby, Missouri, Wednesday, November 3, 1915, page 1.
Striving to rescue her doll, which had fallen into a slop bucket containing perhaps five inches of water, caused Baby Lily Frances hardy to lose her life by drowning. The child was 13 months old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy, who lived on a farm three miles southwest of Lakenan. Last Wednesday afternoon the mother left the little one alone while attending to work in another room of the home. Anxious that the baby should not get into mischief or trouble, Mrs. Hardy sent another daughter, about 3 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said the baby was playing the the slop bucket. Instructed to take the baby away, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why--the baby had toppled head first over the edge of the bucket and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the bucket also and it mutely told the tragic little story. Physicians were summoned but they were powerless to help.
Short funeral services were held at the home Thursday and the tiny corpse taken to Shelbina for interment in the Catholic cemetery. The services at the grave were in charge of the Rev. Fr. McNeil. Besides the parents there are two other children in the family.
(Contributed by Paula D)
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DROWNED IN BUCKET OF WATER
Lily Francis, the thirteenth months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy who live three miles southwest of Lakenan, was drowned by falling head first in a bucket of water last Wednesday afternoon.
It is supposed the child was playing in the water and lost its balance, falling head first into the bucket, where there was only six-inches of water from which it was unable to extract itself before being strangled. The child's lifeless body was found about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Physicians were summoned but it was too late, life was extinct.
Short funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery in this city yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fr. McNeil.
The Shelbina Torchlight (Shelbina, MO), 1915-10-29, page 1, column 3
SAD ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF BABY
Falling head-first into a water bucket containing four inches of water, Lillie Frances, 13-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy living four miles southeast of Shelbina, was drowned about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The child was found by its mother, who called the family physician at once. He made a hurried trip in an automobile, but all in vain.
The child had been away from her mother's almost constant watching eyes but a few minutes, when the fatal accident occurred. While the mother was in the house, the tot waddled out onto the back porch and in leaning over the bucket, fell into it head first.
Missing the child, Mrs, Hardy sent another daughter, about 6 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said that baby was playing in the slop pail. Instructed to take the baby away from the pail, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why—the baby had toppled head-first over the edge of the pail and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the pail, also, and it mutely told the tragic story. It was the first time in months that the bucket had been left uncovered.
The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community in their loss, which is an unusually sad one.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery Thursday conducted by Rev. Fr. Augustine McNeil.
Shelbina Democrat (Shelbina, MO), 1915-11-03, page 1, column 2
Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum
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Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Shelby, Missouri, Wednesday, November 3, 1915, page 1.
Striving to rescue her doll, which had fallen into a slop bucket containing perhaps five inches of water, caused Baby Lily Frances hardy to lose her life by drowning. The child was 13 months old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy, who lived on a farm three miles southwest of Lakenan. Last Wednesday afternoon the mother left the little one alone while attending to work in another room of the home. Anxious that the baby should not get into mischief or trouble, Mrs. Hardy sent another daughter, about 3 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said the baby was playing the the slop bucket. Instructed to take the baby away, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why--the baby had toppled head first over the edge of the bucket and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the bucket also and it mutely told the tragic little story. Physicians were summoned but they were powerless to help.
Short funeral services were held at the home Thursday and the tiny corpse taken to Shelbina for interment in the Catholic cemetery. The services at the grave were in charge of the Rev. Fr. McNeil. Besides the parents there are two other children in the family.
(Contributed by Paula D)
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DROWNED IN BUCKET OF WATER
Lily Francis, the thirteenth months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy who live three miles southwest of Lakenan, was drowned by falling head first in a bucket of water last Wednesday afternoon.
It is supposed the child was playing in the water and lost its balance, falling head first into the bucket, where there was only six-inches of water from which it was unable to extract itself before being strangled. The child's lifeless body was found about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Physicians were summoned but it was too late, life was extinct.
Short funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery in this city yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fr. McNeil.
The Shelbina Torchlight (Shelbina, MO), 1915-10-29, page 1, column 3
SAD ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF BABY
Falling head-first into a water bucket containing four inches of water, Lillie Frances, 13-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy living four miles southeast of Shelbina, was drowned about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The child was found by its mother, who called the family physician at once. He made a hurried trip in an automobile, but all in vain.
The child had been away from her mother's almost constant watching eyes but a few minutes, when the fatal accident occurred. While the mother was in the house, the tot waddled out onto the back porch and in leaning over the bucket, fell into it head first.
Missing the child, Mrs, Hardy sent another daughter, about 6 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said that baby was playing in the slop pail. Instructed to take the baby away from the pail, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why—the baby had toppled head-first over the edge of the pail and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the pail, also, and it mutely told the tragic story. It was the first time in months that the bucket had been left uncovered.
The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community in their loss, which is an unusually sad one.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery Thursday conducted by Rev. Fr. Augustine McNeil.
Shelbina Democrat (Shelbina, MO), 1915-11-03, page 1, column 2
Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum
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Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Shelby, Missouri, Wednesday, November 3, 1915, page 1.
Striving to rescue her doll, which had fallen into a slop bucket containing perhaps five inches of water, caused Baby Lily Frances hardy to lose her life by drowning. The child was 13 months old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy, who lived on a farm three miles southwest of Lakenan. Last Wednesday afternoon the mother left the little one alone while attending to work in another room of the home. Anxious that the baby should not get into mischief or trouble, Mrs. Hardy sent another daughter, about 3 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said the baby was playing the the slop bucket. Instructed to take the baby away, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why--the baby had toppled head first over the edge of the bucket and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the bucket also and it mutely told the tragic little story. Physicians were summoned but they were powerless to help.
Short funeral services were held at the home Thursday and the tiny corpse taken to Shelbina for interment in the Catholic cemetery. The services at the grave were in charge of the Rev. Fr. McNeil. Besides the parents there are two other children in the family.
(Contributed by Paula D)
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DROWNED IN BUCKET OF WATER
Lily Francis, the thirteenth months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy who live three miles southwest of Lakenan, was drowned by falling head first in a bucket of water last Wednesday afternoon.
It is supposed the child was playing in the water and lost its balance, falling head first into the bucket, where there was only six-inches of water from which it was unable to extract itself before being strangled. The child's lifeless body was found about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Physicians were summoned but it was too late, life was extinct.
Short funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery in this city yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fr. McNeil.
The Shelbina Torchlight (Shelbina, MO), 1915-10-29, page 1, column 3
SAD ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF BABY
Falling head-first into a water bucket containing four inches of water, Lillie Frances, 13-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy living four miles southeast of Shelbina, was drowned about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The child was found by its mother, who called the family physician at once. He made a hurried trip in an automobile, but all in vain.
The child had been away from her mother's almost constant watching eyes but a few minutes, when the fatal accident occurred. While the mother was in the house, the tot waddled out onto the back porch and in leaning over the bucket, fell into it head first.
Missing the child, Mrs, Hardy sent another daughter, about 6 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said that baby was playing in the slop pail. Instructed to take the baby away from the pail, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why—the baby had toppled head-first over the edge of the pail and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the pail, also, and it mutely told the tragic story. It was the first time in months that the bucket had been left uncovered.
The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community in their loss, which is an unusually sad one.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery Thursday conducted by Rev. Fr. Augustine McNeil.
Shelbina Democrat (Shelbina, MO), 1915-11-03, page 1, column 2
Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum
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Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Shelby, Missouri, Wednesday, November 3, 1915, page 1.
Striving to rescue her doll, which had fallen into a slop bucket containing perhaps five inches of water, caused Baby Lily Frances hardy to lose her life by drowning. The child was 13 months old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy, who lived on a farm three miles southwest of Lakenan. Last Wednesday afternoon the mother left the little one alone while attending to work in another room of the home. Anxious that the baby should not get into mischief or trouble, Mrs. Hardy sent another daughter, about 3 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said the baby was playing the the slop bucket. Instructed to take the baby away, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why--the baby had toppled head first over the edge of the bucket and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the bucket also and it mutely told the tragic little story. Physicians were summoned but they were powerless to help.
Short funeral services were held at the home Thursday and the tiny corpse taken to Shelbina for interment in the Catholic cemetery. The services at the grave were in charge of the Rev. Fr. McNeil. Besides the parents there are two other children in the family.
(Contributed by Paula D)
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DROWNED IN BUCKET OF WATER
Lily Francis, the thirteenth months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy who live three miles southwest of Lakenan, was drowned by falling head first in a bucket of water last Wednesday afternoon.
It is supposed the child was playing in the water and lost its balance, falling head first into the bucket, where there was only six-inches of water from which it was unable to extract itself before being strangled. The child's lifeless body was found about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Physicians were summoned but it was too late, life was extinct.
Short funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery in this city yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fr. McNeil.
The Shelbina Torchlight (Shelbina, MO), 1915-10-29, page 1, column 3
SAD ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF BABY
Falling head-first into a water bucket containing four inches of water, Lillie Frances, 13-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy living four miles southeast of Shelbina, was drowned about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The child was found by its mother, who called the family physician at once. He made a hurried trip in an automobile, but all in vain.
The child had been away from her mother's almost constant watching eyes but a few minutes, when the fatal accident occurred. While the mother was in the house, the tot waddled out onto the back porch and in leaning over the bucket, fell into it head first.
Missing the child, Mrs, Hardy sent another daughter, about 6 years old, to look after her baby sister. The older child returned and said that baby was playing in the slop pail. Instructed to take the baby away from the pail, the child again returned and said she could not do so. The mother went at once and found out why—the baby had toppled head-first over the edge of the pail and was quite dead from drowning. Her doll was found in the pail, also, and it mutely told the tragic story. It was the first time in months that the bucket had been left uncovered.
The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community in their loss, which is an unusually sad one.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic cemetery Thursday conducted by Rev. Fr. Augustine McNeil.
Shelbina Democrat (Shelbina, MO), 1915-11-03, page 1, column 2
Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum
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