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Domestic News
November 23, 1840
Vermont Watchman And State Journal
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
What is this article about?
A young child of Mr. Wheeler near the railroad over the canal in Rochester suffered severe burns on Tuesday afternoon when their clothes caught fire accidentally. Bystanders extinguished the flames by dipping the child in the canal, but the injuries were fatal.
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Shocking Accident. A little child of Mr. Wheeler, near the rail road over the canal, was shockingly burnt on Tuesday afternoon, from its clothes accidentally taking fire. The screams of the child, together with those of its almost frantic mother, attracted the attention of the young gentlemen in the cooper's shop on the opposite side of the Rail-road, who hastened to the spot, and dipped the little sufferer in the canal to extinguish its clothes. It was so badly burnt, that there was no hopes of its recovery.—Rochester Democrat.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Child Accident
Burn Injury
Rochester
Railroad Canal
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Wheeler
Child Of Mr. Wheeler
Where did it happen?
Near The Rail Road Over The Canal, Rochester
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Near The Rail Road Over The Canal, Rochester
Event Date
Tuesday Afternoon
Key Persons
Mr. Wheeler
Child Of Mr. Wheeler
Outcome
child severely burnt, no hopes of recovery
Event Details
A little child of Mr. Wheeler's clothes caught fire accidentally near the rail road over the canal. The child's and mother's screams drew young men from a nearby cooper's shop who extinguished the fire by dipping the child in the canal.