Lafayette County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Louviere, Marguerite November 11, 1918
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source: New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, November 16, 1918, Image 5

MARGURITE LOUVIERE IS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY HER BROTHER.

Sorrow came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. First Louviere Monday morning, and 
the blow was heavier on their hearts because the people in general were 
observing the joyous peace day. Marguerite Louviere, their exceptionally 
bright seven year old daughter was fatally wounded by her brother, Howard, 
eight years old. The accident happened at eleven o'clock in the morning and 
the child died at 4:45 o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral was held in New 
Iberia this Tuesday morning. The body, accompanied by the broken hearted 
parents and two brothers and a sister of the deceased, was taken to that 
city on No. 6.

Marguerite was returning from a meat market and had her back turned, closing 
the gate at the home of her parents, when Howard pulled a string which moved 
the trigger of a single barreled shotgun and emptied the load in his little 
sister's back. The weapon had fallen to the floor and the little boy was 
trying to raise it up by the aid of the cord when the fatal accident 
happened. Mrs. Numa Broussard, a neighbor, telephoned for a physician and 
also sent for Father Teurlings. Marguerite was beyond medical aid. She was 
unconscious and life was slowly ebbing away. Her father was not home when 
the accident happened. He was prostrated when the news reached him. - 
Lafayette Advertiser. 


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