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Domestic News
August 16, 1834
New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
John Hitchcock's 13-year-old daughter died from severe burns after a lamp filled with spirit gas ignited while she was adjusting it, causing her excruciating agony before death within hours.
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DISTRESSING DEATH CAUSED BY SPIRIT GAS.
John Hitchcock, Esq. a most estimable citizen, lost his daughter, about 13 years of age, in a most distressing manner. The child undertook to arrange a lamp filled with this most dangerous fluid, when it took fire and immediately enveloped her in flames, which so burnt her that she died in a few hours, in the most excruciating agony. Surely, a material so dangerous to human life, made as we are told, of turpentine and spirits of wine, the most inflammable of all things, ought not to be used in any dwelling.-New York Daily Advertiser.
John Hitchcock, Esq. a most estimable citizen, lost his daughter, about 13 years of age, in a most distressing manner. The child undertook to arrange a lamp filled with this most dangerous fluid, when it took fire and immediately enveloped her in flames, which so burnt her that she died in a few hours, in the most excruciating agony. Surely, a material so dangerous to human life, made as we are told, of turpentine and spirits of wine, the most inflammable of all things, ought not to be used in any dwelling.-New York Daily Advertiser.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Spirit Gas
Lamp Fire
Child Death
Burns
New York Advertiser
What entities or persons were involved?
John Hitchcock, Esq.
His Daughter
Domestic News Details
Key Persons
John Hitchcock, Esq.
His Daughter
Outcome
daughter died in a few hours from burns.
Event Details
The child undertook to arrange a lamp filled with spirit gas, which took fire and enveloped her in flames, burning her severely.