Westmoreland County PA Archives News.....Wm. Gross Accident December 30, 1874
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The Somerset Herald: (Somerset, Pa.) December 30, 1874
On last Thursday Dec. 24th, as Mr. Wm. Gross, residing at Horner's Mills,
Westmoreland Co., had gone to but a few rods from his house on his way to the mill,
he was startled by screams of fire coming from the direction of his house. He
immediately ran back and found his daughter, about 4 years of age, wrapped in
flames. Her clothing had caught from a coal stove. She was screaming for help, while
the mother endeavored to whip out the flames with her hands, until her fingers were
severely burned. Seeing she could not conquer the flames in this way, she seized a
bucket of water and dashed it over the child. The child's neck from one ear to the
other and also her left shoulder were burnt in a perfect blister. The child was in
the room by herself but when her clothes took fire, ran into the kitchen to her
mother. She appears to be as well as could be expected.

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