Payette-Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Amelia 1924
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The Payette Independent 3-6-1924
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, March 6, 1924
 
WEISER GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
 
Little Amelia Johnson, eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Johnson, 
died at the family home in this city early yesterday morning as the result of 
burns she received Saturday evening while playing with burning leaves in the 
yard of her home.
 
The parents had gone to town, leaving the children to play.  Some one 
suggested that they burn leaves and to make the bonfire brighter, the gasoline 
can was brought out and some poured on the fire.
 
Then in their play, the children began kicking the leaves around the yard as 
they burned.  A flame caught Amelia's dress and before her frightened 
playmates were able to render assistance her clothing as entirely burned 
away.  
 
Neighbors heard the screams of the frantic children and came to the rescue but 
too late.  Medical assistance was called, but the extent of the burns were 
such that the child lived but four hours, unconscious all the time.  Weiser 
Signal

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