CHILD FATALLY BURNED
Irene Blagg, age 6 years, of Corydon, dies as a result of fatal burns.
Irene, the 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blagg of Corydon, died Wednesday night as the result of severe burns sustained over the greater part of her body. The little girl with several companions, while returning home from school Wednesday afternoon, stopped to look at a tree, the lower part of which was on fire and she evidently got too near the tree, for in an instant her clothing caught fire and she was entirely ablaze.
Her screams quickly called neighbors to her aid and two men working nearby, hurried to the scene. Mrs. C. W. Steele took a shawl and throwing it over the child, quickly smothered the flames. The little one was taken into Mrs. Steele's residence, while physicians and her parents were sent for.
Notwithstanding that every effort was made to save the little one, her body was so badly burned that she died about 11 o'clock that same evening. Her tragic ending cast a gloom over the town.
While it is not known just how the tree caught fire it is supposed that some person carelessly threw a cigar stub into the hollow part of the tree, which being partly rotten and fanned by the high winds, smoldered until it started blazing. The fire was later extinguished.
The Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa), March 30, 1910
Irene Blagg, age 6 years, of Corydon, dies as a result of fatal burns.
Irene, the 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blagg of Corydon, died Wednesday night as the result of severe burns sustained over the greater part of her body. The little girl with several companions, while returning home from school Wednesday afternoon, stopped to look at a tree, the lower part of which was on fire and she evidently got too near the tree, for in an instant her clothing caught fire and she was entirely ablaze.
Her screams quickly called neighbors to her aid and two men working nearby, hurried to the scene. Mrs. C. W. Steele took a shawl and throwing it over the child, quickly smothered the flames. The little one was taken into Mrs. Steele's residence, while physicians and her parents were sent for.
Notwithstanding that every effort was made to save the little one, her body was so badly burned that she died about 11 o'clock that same evening. Her tragic ending cast a gloom over the town.
While it is not known just how the tree caught fire it is supposed that some person carelessly threw a cigar stub into the hollow part of the tree, which being partly rotten and fanned by the high winds, smoldered until it started blazing. The fire was later extinguished.
The Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa), March 30, 1910
CHILD FATALLY BURNED
Irene Blagg, age 6 years, of Corydon, dies as a result of fatal burns.
Irene, the 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blagg of Corydon, died Wednesday night as the result of severe burns sustained over the greater part of her body. The little girl with several companions, while returning home from school Wednesday afternoon, stopped to look at a tree, the lower part of which was on fire and she evidently got too near the tree, for in an instant her clothing caught fire and she was entirely ablaze.
Her screams quickly called neighbors to her aid and two men working nearby, hurried to the scene. Mrs. C. W. Steele took a shawl and throwing it over the child, quickly smothered the flames. The little one was taken into Mrs. Steele's residence, while physicians and her parents were sent for.
Notwithstanding that every effort was made to save the little one, her body was so badly burned that she died about 11 o'clock that same evening. Her tragic ending cast a gloom over the town.
While it is not known just how the tree caught fire it is supposed that some person carelessly threw a cigar stub into the hollow part of the tree, which being partly rotten and fanned by the high winds, smoldered until it started blazing. The fire was later extinguished.
The Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa), March 30, 1910
Irene Blagg, age 6 years, of Corydon, dies as a result of fatal burns.
Irene, the 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blagg of Corydon, died Wednesday night as the result of severe burns sustained over the greater part of her body. The little girl with several companions, while returning home from school Wednesday afternoon, stopped to look at a tree, the lower part of which was on fire and she evidently got too near the tree, for in an instant her clothing caught fire and she was entirely ablaze.
Her screams quickly called neighbors to her aid and two men working nearby, hurried to the scene. Mrs. C. W. Steele took a shawl and throwing it over the child, quickly smothered the flames. The little one was taken into Mrs. Steele's residence, while physicians and her parents were sent for.
Notwithstanding that every effort was made to save the little one, her body was so badly burned that she died about 11 o'clock that same evening. Her tragic ending cast a gloom over the town.
While it is not known just how the tree caught fire it is supposed that some person carelessly threw a cigar stub into the hollow part of the tree, which being partly rotten and fanned by the high winds, smoldered until it started blazing. The fire was later extinguished.
The Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa), March 30, 1910
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