Newton County GaArchives News.....LITTLE GIRL IS BURNED TO DEATH February 10 1909
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Phyllis Thompson mandpthompson@bellsouth.net January 14, 2004, 7:51 pm

The Covington News
Was Playing Around Grate and Clothes Caught, Suffered Intensely, Died Tuesday.
  One of the saddest accidents to happen in Newton County in a number of years
was the one at Almon Monday, when Ruby, the fifteen months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Harper was burned so badly that death followed almost instantly
and came as a blessed relief to the intense suffering of the little girl.
  The parents had gone out to the lot about nine o'clock Monday morning, 
leaving the baby and her six year old sister in the room. The children were 
playing around the fire when Ruby passed too near the grate and her clothing 
caught fire. Her sister called for help, but before its parents got in the 
house the childs clothing was a mass of flames. In an attempt to put the fire 
out, Mr. Greenberry Harper sustained several severe burns about the hands and 
face, but they are not thought to be serious. The little girls dress was burned
entirely off and she was badly blistered from head to foot, in some places
the flesh being crisp. She suffered the most intense agony until about one
o'clock Tuesday morning when she died. The funeral services were held at Shiloh
Tuesday afternoon and the remains tenderly laid to rest.
  The accident and sad death of this little baby has cast a gloom over the 
household and community generally. The parents are grief stricken, and while
they were not at all at fault feel that they are in a sense responsible. They
have the sympathy of the entire community, in which the NEWS joins.

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