Bertie County NcArchives News.....Patsey Ward Catastrophe January 24, 1840
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Feb. 27, 1840  Charlotte Journal January 24, 1840
   HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE -- On Friday night, the 24th of January, about 7 
o'clock, the Dwelling House of MISS PATSEY WARD, near Windsor, Bertie County, 
was consumed by fire, together with al its inmates consisting of an elderly 
lady, three children, and MISS WARD herself. The fire was not discovered until 
it had progressed so far as to render the efforts of all to extinguish it, or 
save the inhabitants unavailing.
   Two sons of the elderly lady reached the scene only in time to see their 
only parent buried beneath a mass of burning timber. No person lived nearer 
than a quarter of a mile, and none arrived in time to hear a groan or cry of 
distress  from the burning inmates. After the fire had burned out, the 
consumed bones, supposed to be of MISS WARD and the three children were foound 
among the ashes. --Raleigh Register

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