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Freda Maxlene Toland

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Freda Maxlene Toland

Birth
Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Apr 1948 (aged 4)
Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Amity, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0382864, Longitude: -80.2057818
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The Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) 22 Apr 1948, Thu Page 2
Farm Dinner Bell Falls, Injures Girl
Freda Maxlene Toland, 4, Dunns Station, R. D. 2, died Sunday at 3:15 p.m. in Washington Hospital from internal injuries suffered when a heavy cast iron dinner bell fell on her at her farm home. Other children who had been playing near the bell were unhurt.

The Daily Notes(Canonsburg, Pennsylvania)19 Apr 1948, Mon • Page 1
CHILD CRUSHED AS BELL FALLS
Dunn's Station Girl, Aged 4, Killed When Object Falls From Post in Dooryard
When a huge dinner bell broke loose from tho fastenings on a piece of timber extended from a large tree trunk, Freda Toland, aged 4, of Dunn's Station was fatally injured yesterday. The little girl, with other companions, was playing about the yard where the bell was suspended, and had been seen pulling at the bell rope. Without warning tho huge bronze object broke loose and pinioned the little girl on the ground. The child wan hurriedly removed to the Washington) Hospital but was dead upon arrival. None of the other children was Injured.
The Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) 22 Apr 1948, Thu Page 2
Farm Dinner Bell Falls, Injures Girl
Freda Maxlene Toland, 4, Dunns Station, R. D. 2, died Sunday at 3:15 p.m. in Washington Hospital from internal injuries suffered when a heavy cast iron dinner bell fell on her at her farm home. Other children who had been playing near the bell were unhurt.

The Daily Notes(Canonsburg, Pennsylvania)19 Apr 1948, Mon • Page 1
CHILD CRUSHED AS BELL FALLS
Dunn's Station Girl, Aged 4, Killed When Object Falls From Post in Dooryard
When a huge dinner bell broke loose from tho fastenings on a piece of timber extended from a large tree trunk, Freda Toland, aged 4, of Dunn's Station was fatally injured yesterday. The little girl, with other companions, was playing about the yard where the bell was suspended, and had been seen pulling at the bell rope. Without warning tho huge bronze object broke loose and pinioned the little girl on the ground. The child wan hurriedly removed to the Washington) Hospital but was dead upon arrival. None of the other children was Injured.

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Child-four years old



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