People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — Eight Children Burned to Death. [ARTICLE]

Eight Children Burned to Death.

McKendkee, W. Va., .March 30. When Watchman W r . B. W’ilt returned to his home at an early ho-ur yesterday morning l , he found that his home had been burned down during his absence on duty. He at once began an investigation, assisted by neighbors. To the horror of the searchers it was discovered that Wilt’s eight children and the hired girl had perished in the flames. One by one their charred and unrecognizable remains were dragged out of the debris until all the family except the mother had been accounted for. She was later found wandering about at some distance, crazed with grief.