Beckham County, OK - Deaths:  Massey, Female Child, 1902
19 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MASSEY, FEMALE
(4 Dec 1902, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Burned to Death.  The four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Massey
was burned to death at their residence near the depot Saturday night.  Mr.
Massey, who is employed at the round house was at work and the mother was
in the yard and had left the child by a hot stove when in some manner its
clothing caught fire and it came running to its mother who after
considerable delay extinguished the flames by using a wet blanket.  The
child was so badly burned that it died Sunday morning.  The unfortunate
parents have the sympathy of the entire community.
(12 Dec 1902, The Sayre Enterprise, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Last Sunday evening a little 4-year old girl, of Mr. and Mrs. John Massey,
residing southwest of the depot, accidentally set fire to its clothing and
was fatally burned.  When the child discovered that its clothes were on
fire it ran to its mother, who was .... (word missing) a cow, but as it
reached her side its clothes were in a mass of flames.  This little one
lingered until near 3 o'clock Monday morning when death relieved its
suffering.  The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery near Doxey
Tuesday.  Mr. Massey is an employee of the Choctaw railroad and was at
work in the round house when the terrible accident occurred.

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