Death Notice, Mrs. Thorp and Daughter, Greene Co, AR

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Submitted by: Lora D. Peppers <loradpeppers@hotmail.com>
        Date: 4 Jan 2008
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Daily Telegraph ( Monroe , LA )
Thursday, April 15, 1886
Page 1, Column 2
Burned to Death.

Particulars have reached here from Paragould, Greene county, Ark., of the
burning to death of a lady named Mrs. Thorp and a little daughter living about
six miles from the above place.  The woman and daughter were burning corn stalks
in a field, when the clothing of the little girl caught fire, soon enveloping
her in flames.  Her screams attracted the mother’s attention, who ran to her
child’s relief, but the grass was also on fire and before Mrs. Thorp reached the
child her own clothing caught and she too was soon wrapped in flames.  Both were
burned to a crisp.