Three Children Burned To Death
Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text
The home of Preseu Heward, at Port Alma, Ont. , was discovered to be on fire at 3 a. m. Heward raised an alarm and he and his wife and three sons escaped through a window, but the spread of the flames was so rapid that three girls, aged 16, 10 and 6 respectively were burned to death. The oldest girl reached safety once, but rushed back to rescue her sisters and sacrificed iier own life. Two of the boys and the mother were badly bui'ned.
Article
Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register