Centre County PA Archives News.....Miss Woods Dies of Fire March 24, 1858
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Raftsman's Journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) March 24, 1858
A little girl, daughter of Joseph Woods, Huston township, whilst kindling a fire,
her clothes caught, her mother being from home, and her father in the barn. She ran
for the assistance of the latter, and as soon as she got into the open air, the wind
being high, she was completely enveloped in flames. Her father hearing her piercing
cries ran to her assistance, and endeavored to tear the clothes from her, but not
succeeding in this, he plunged her into a spring of water, and finally succeeded in
extinguishing the flames. She lingered in excruciating pain
until death put an end to her suffering. This happened on the 10th inst.

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