Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — Boys Burned to Death. [ARTICLE]

Boys Burned to Death.

Donald Nichols and Samuel Taylor, each about 5 years old, were burned to death, locked in an outbuilding at Ixuislana, Mo. They had been playing, and probably set fire to a can of coal oil. The door was fastened and they were unable to escape.