York County PA Archives News.....Reibling Boy Dies of Fire April 14, 1858
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Raftsman's Journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) April 14, 1858
A horrible affair occurred in Spring Garden township, on the 3d inst. George
Reibling was engaged in burning brush in a field. His wife bad gone to market,
and left a little boy four years old to take care of himself. The little fellow went
to the field, and coming too close the burning brush, his clothes caught fire.
Reibling rescued the child without any serious injuries. Provoked at the child for
his mishap, he took it to the house, put it to bed, and left. Soon another German,
who was assisting Reibling, saw smoke coming out of the house, and on reaching it
they found that some fire had clung to the child, from which the bed had caught, and
that the little fellow was burned almost to a crisp, the head completely bare of
hair. Dr. Fisher was called in, but no skill could save
the partially roasted child. The father is much blamed for his carelessness.

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