Washington County GaArchives News.....Locked in House Three Children are Cremated September 29, 1916
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Sandersville Progress September 29, 1916
  Tragedy Occurred on Farm in Eastern Section of Washington County - News has
been received here of a tragedy which occurred on the farm of Mr. H.T. Downs in
the eastern section of this county last Monday afternoon, in which three small
colored children were burned to death. The mother of the children had locked
them in the house which was occupied by the family and had gone to the field to
pick cotton, a practice which is common among the colored people. It is supposed
that the children were playing with fire, and as there was no way for them to
escape from the building when it became ignited they were burned to death before
rescuers could reach the scene.

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