OBIT: COONEY, (Child); 1864; Gallitzin, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, 24 Nov 1864 Volume 6, Number 9 3-Year-Old Child Cooney From Johnstown Johnstown, Nov. 20, 1864 One of those sudden sad accidents which cause a shudder when we hear of or read about occurred in a family named Cooney, residing a short distance east of Gallitzin, this county, on last Monday. At the time of its occurrence both Mr. and Mrs. C. were absent from home, leaving behind them as sole occupant of the house their child, aged about three years. The child, finding itself alone, commenced tampering with the fire; and the result was that the flames speedily communicated themselves to its clothing and when the mother returned a short time after, it was to find nothing remaining of her little one but a blackened and shapeless crisp. Let this be a warning to parents to never permit children to remain alone in the vicinity of fire.