gravestone: ae 9 yrs 10 mos
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
The house of Mr Dyer Babbitt of Castleton, was burnt on the night of the 17th inst. The wife of Mr Babbitt and 7 children were in the house at the time, but the fire had made such progress before they were awaked, that only Mrs Babbitt and 3 children were able to make their escape from the house, and the remaining four children perished in the flames - two girls 6 and 12 years of age and two boys 9 and 14 years of age. How the fire originated we are not informed. Mr Babbitt had left home the day before the accident for Illinois.-The Rutland Herald
[published Tuesday, October 6, 1840, Caledonian, St.Johnsbury, Vt. - the story was carried in newspapers in New York, NY, Philadeliphia PA, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Newark NJ and perhaps other locales]
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
The house of Mr Dyer Babbitt of Castleton, was burnt on the night of the 17th inst. The wife of Mr Babbitt and 7 children were in the house at the time, but the fire had made such progress before they were awaked, that only Mrs Babbitt and 3 children were able to make their escape from the house, and the remaining four children perished in the flames - two girls 6 and 12 years of age and two boys 9 and 14 years of age. How the fire originated we are not informed. Mr Babbitt had left home the day before the accident for Illinois.-The Rutland Herald
[published Tuesday, October 6, 1840, Caledonian, St.Johnsbury, Vt. - the story was carried in newspapers in New York, NY, Philadeliphia PA, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Newark NJ and perhaps other locales]
gravestone: ae 9 yrs 10 mos
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
The house of Mr Dyer Babbitt of Castleton, was burnt on the night of the 17th inst. The wife of Mr Babbitt and 7 children were in the house at the time, but the fire had made such progress before they were awaked, that only Mrs Babbitt and 3 children were able to make their escape from the house, and the remaining four children perished in the flames - two girls 6 and 12 years of age and two boys 9 and 14 years of age. How the fire originated we are not informed. Mr Babbitt had left home the day before the accident for Illinois.-The Rutland Herald
[published Tuesday, October 6, 1840, Caledonian, St.Johnsbury, Vt. - the story was carried in newspapers in New York, NY, Philadeliphia PA, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Newark NJ and perhaps other locales]
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
The house of Mr Dyer Babbitt of Castleton, was burnt on the night of the 17th inst. The wife of Mr Babbitt and 7 children were in the house at the time, but the fire had made such progress before they were awaked, that only Mrs Babbitt and 3 children were able to make their escape from the house, and the remaining four children perished in the flames - two girls 6 and 12 years of age and two boys 9 and 14 years of age. How the fire originated we are not informed. Mr Babbitt had left home the day before the accident for Illinois.-The Rutland Herald
[published Tuesday, October 6, 1840, Caledonian, St.Johnsbury, Vt. - the story was carried in newspapers in New York, NY, Philadeliphia PA, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Newark NJ and perhaps other locales]
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