Cumberland County NJ Archives News.....Branin Girl - Fatal Accident near Millville. December 17, 1859
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West-Jersey Pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: December 17, 1859 December 17, 1859
On Friday afternoon of last week, three children of Capt. Joseph Branin, residing
near Millville, where playing in the room in which there were three guns; two of
them were loaded with powder and shot, the other with powder only. It appears that
while playing with the guns, the little girl, aged about three years, must have had
the muzzle of the gun, loaded with powder only, close to her mouth, when it was
discharged, causing almost instant death. The mother, who was in the adjoining room
and heard  the report, ran to their relief, when, sad to relate, her little daughter
was lying a corpse on the floor. The two brothers, one aged about six years, and the
other about eight, were frightened so much that they could scarcely tell how it
happened.

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