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Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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In Schodack, Rensselaer County, three children died in a fire in a brush house near a coal pit on Thursday last week. A 10-year-old boy, Checkley, escaped but died after carrying a 7-year-old boy, who perished in his arms. The victims were children of widows Spoor and Coleman, and Mr. Reynolds.
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On Thursday of last week, at Schodack, in Rensselaer county three children had placed themselves in a frail booth brush house, which had been made for the convenience of watching a coal pit, and in which was a quantity of straw, when it took fire, and the children were burnt to death. Checkley, a lad about ten years old, escaped from the flames, and carried another, who was also a boy about seven, till he expired in his arms--a distance of nearly two hundred paces and died himself in a few hours after.-- The youngest, a girl about four years of age, had attempted, as appeared probable from the position she was found in, to escape through the brush at a place that would not admit her--and was there found. The eldest was a son of Mrs. Spoor, a widow; the other was a son of Mr. Reynolds; the girl a daughter of Mrs. Coleman, a widow.
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Schodack, In Rensselaer County
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On Thursday Of Last Week
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three children burnt to death: eldest son of mrs. spoor, son of mr. reynolds (about seven), daughter of mrs. coleman (about four). checkley (about ten) escaped, carried the seven-year-old who died in his arms, and died himself a few hours later.
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Three children were in a frail brush house with straw near a coal pit in Schodack when it caught fire. The youngest girl attempted to escape through brush but was trapped and found there. Checkley escaped the flames, carried the seven-year-old boy nearly two hundred paces until he expired, and died a few hours after.