Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1911 — CHILD IS BURNED TO DEATH [ARTICLE]

CHILD IS BURNED TO DEATH

Mother Hears of Accident Too Late to Save Baby. Marion, Ind., Nov. 10. —Irene Harrel, three years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Jesse Harrel, was burned to death in the home of her parents in the presence of three playmates. The child was throwing pieces of paper into a stove when her dress caught. The other children left the house and summoned the girl’s mother, who was away from pie house The mother found her child literally baked, and death quickly ensued.