Lafayette County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....LeBlanc, Leonce February 4, 1873
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The Lafayette Advertiser, Vermilionville, Louisiana, Saturday, February 8, 1873
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.--A terrible accident occurred on Monday evening, 3d last...,
at the residence of Mr. Ozeme LeBlanc, in this parish, about five miles west of
Vermilionville. The particulars of the accident, as near as we have been able to
learn, are as follows: Mrs. LeBlanc, lat in the evening with candle in hand, was
filling a lamp from a can filled with coal oil, when her little son, aged about
two years, ran into the room and striking his mother's arms knocked the candle
and can from her hands on to the floor, the candle struck the oil and in a
second the floor was in flames. Mrs. LeBlanc's dress having caught fire, she
rushed from the room into the yard, forgetting her child, where her husband
extinguishd the fire, but not until her arm was severely burnt. Mr. LeBlanc
immediately ran into the room to extinguish the fire there when he found his
little son enveloped in flames; by his efforts he succeeded in extinguishing the
fire, but alas! too late to save the poor little creature, the devouring
elements had pierced its tender vitals and in a few minutes its young soul took
its flight to heaven. // Mr. LeBlanc's hands were also badly burnt, but we are
happy to learn to-day, Friday, that both, Mr. and Mrs. L. are doing well. This
is another warning to parents to be careful how they use coal oil or lamp oil of
any kind; lamps should be cleaned and filled during the day and not wait until
night to fill them. So many accidents from coal oil and other lamps should be a
warning to all.

Additional Comments:
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INFORMATION - Ancestry.com: "Southwest Louisiana, Deaths
Index, 1840-1906": Leonce Leblanc, Born: about 1871, Died: 04 Feb 1873, Place:
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Age: 2, Gender: Male, Father's Name: G.
Ozeme LeBlanc, FHL film no: 6010608, accessed 14 Jan 2013.

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