Thomas County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wethington, Minnie December 1877
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The Butler Herald, December 18, 1877
The Butler Herald, December 18, 1877, page 2, Presented online by the Digital
Library of Georgia

Sad Accident

The Thomasville Times has the following account of a sad accident.  “On Friday
night last Miss Minnie Wethington, daughter of Mr. A. Wethington, was sitting by
the fire in her room writing, with a kerosene lamp burning on a table beside
her.  Her dress caught fire from a spark, and blazing up, attracted her
attention.  She thoughtedly blew out the lamp, threw a crumb cloth over her head
and ran screaming from the room.  Her father hastened to her relief, and after
some time succeeded in extinguishing the flames.  His hands were terribly burned
and Miss Minnie was severely and seriously and fatally burned, and breathed her
last on Saturday night.  She was a very lovely and intelligent young lady, a
member of the senior class in Young Female College, and considered by the
President one of the best and brightest pupils in his whole school.”


Additional Comments:
Transcriber's note: I'm not related to the Wethington family and do not have
additional information about them.

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