Richmond-Dekalb County GaArchives News.....Willie McDonald, Burned to Death August 22 1873 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 July 1, 2004, 12:42 am The Georgia Enterprise Willie McDonald, of Augusta, a very bright boy of 10 years, was burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene can, at Stone Mountain, on the afternoon of Monday last. His mother has been spending the summer at the Mountain, and the little fellow was playing with a match near the oil can, when it became ignited, and the fatal explosion followed. He expired in a little while, and his remains were carried to Augusta for interment. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/richmond/newspapers/nw1219williemc.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb