Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1885 — Another Little Girl Burned to Death. [ARTICLE]

Another Little Girl Burned to Death.

Ia January, 1884, it was our painful duty to record the burning to death of a little girl in Barkley township. By a strange and sad co-incidence, we are now called upon to inform our readers of a similar occurrence in the same neighborhood. The same friend who furnished us with an account of the first casualty, now performs the same office, for the last. We give the account in the words of our correspondent: On the second inst., about 6 o’clock in the evening, at the residence of S. M. Quick, of Barkley township, a fatal accident oecured, by the burning to death of his ten year old daughter. While Mr, and Mrs. Quicfr were feeding the stock and milking the cows, the girl was left in the house. She took the broom and fanned the fire, in the

cook stove; while thus engaged her clothes caught fire. There being no. one present to help her, she ran for the barn, some sixty yards from the house, where her father was unharnessing the horses. 'Willie Quick, his son, being in the mow of 'the barn, at this time, seeing his sister coming, all on fire, said ”iire”, aud his father looking up to where Willie was in the mow, seeing the light from the burning girl shiniug through the cracks of the barn thought the barn was on fire. Stepping to the door of the Mm he saw his child leaning forward, as she ran for the barn, enveloped in flames, her head was the only part of her body visible, owing to her leaning posture the flames shooting six feet high. Mr. Quick went to her rescue and with superhuman efiibrt soon tore away the remainder of clothes that the fire had left, but sbo was very badly burned. Dr. Washburn, of Rensselaer, was brought and did all he. could, but sbe died on the 3rd inst., at 10 o’clock in the zoomiiig.

Notice. —Public notice is hereby given to all concerned tlmpl will be in my office in Willey & Sigler’s store, in Rensselaer, every Saturday, for the purpose of attending to the business of TownShip Tiustee. The Township Library has also been removed to the same place, where it may be found b-y all entitled to make use

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E. A. GRISWOLD.

Trustee-, Marion tp.