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Children Cremated

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
June
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Welch, W. Va., June 1.- Five children were burned to death in the residence of J. H. White, two miles from Keystone, at 10 o'clock Monday night. Enemies of the family are believed to have fired the house. Both White and hin wife were away on a visit, and thetr five children were left alone in their farmhouse. The children had retired, it is supposed, when the fire was started. The children who met death were a boy of 12, one of 10, one of 8, one of 4, and a girl of 6. Bloodhounds will be used (o take up the scent, if possible, from the ruins of the house and no trace the fiends who fired the residence.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News