Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1884 — Burned to Death. [ARTICLE]

Burned to Death.

Late last evening we learned some of the partii-dai's of a distressing and fatal accident wbifh happened in Barkley township i near Center school house \e„terI day. Noraffi the seven year old '■ daughter of \y'm Moor, during the absence of her parents, in some manner set fire to her clothing; and there being no one present except other children, without sufficient pres*, nee of mind t > extinguish the flames, everything she wore, except her stockings, was burned from her body. Doctor Bitters, of this place, was hurriedly serit for, but - before he could i reach the place the little sufferer i was dead, having Jived only aliout j two hours after the accident. She ; bad inhaled some of the flames :and speedy death was of course j inevitable. She was unconscious i most of the time between the acjeident and her death.