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Domestic News August 16, 1875

The Silver State

Unionville, Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada

What is this article about?

Near Viroqua, two young children were bitten by a rattlesnake in a hen's nest while searching for eggs, and their baby sibling fell into a boiler of hot water left by their mother, resulting in all three dying within 30 minutes.

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The Desmoines (Iowa) correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says: A remarkable incident occurred near Viroqua, a few days ago, in a family whose name my informant could not remember. There were three little children, the oldest being five years, two of whom went to the barn to find hens' nests. They found one, and crawled to it, and one of them thrust his hand forward to get the eggs, when he quickly withdrew it, saying the old hen had bitten him. The other said he wasn't afraid, and thrust his hand forward, when he too was bitten. Both then screamed, which quickly brought their mother to the spot, when it was discovered that they had been struck by a rattlesnake coiled in the nest. The mother seized the little boys in her arms and hastened to the house, where a new horror met her gaze. In her haste to secure the boys at the barn she had set down a boiler of hot water, into which the babe had fallen. In thirty minutes all her children were dead.

What sub-type of article is it?

Accident Death Or Funeral

What keywords are associated?

Rattlesnake Bite Children Scalded Family Tragedy Viroqua Incident

What entities or persons were involved?

Mother Three Little Children

Where did it happen?

Near Viroqua

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Near Viroqua

Event Date

A Few Days Ago

Key Persons

Mother Three Little Children

Outcome

all three children dead within thirty minutes

Event Details

Two children went to the barn to find hens' nests, found one with a rattlesnake coiled in it, were bitten, screamed, mother came and took them to the house where the baby had fallen into hot water.

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