Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Gooch, Female, 1911
21 Feb 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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GOOCH, FEMALE
(5 Jan 1911, Thursday, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK): Buffalo Items:
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sanders is in receipt of a letter bearing the sad news
that a little grand daughter was fatally burned on the morning of the 26th
of December near Bardwell, Texas.  The mother went to milk leaving the
children asleep.  She had only been out a few minutes when she heard the
screams of the children.  She ran for the house only to meet the child in
flames.  She smothered the flames with her own skirts, but too late to
save its life.  It lingered until the next day and died in great agony. 
Her little brother had lighted a sparkler and handed it to her.  She
dropped it in her lap which ignited her clothing.  Her little eight year
old sister sprang from her bed and tried to extinguish the flames but
burned her hands so badly she abandoned the idea.  The child was the two
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gooch.

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