Morning Herald

Dreadful Casualty.—A most distressing accident occurred on Friday se'nnight, at the house of Thomas J. Pickett, Esq., of Mason co., Kentucky. Mrs. P's mother in law, Mrs. Campbell, was sitting alone in her room, when her dress caught fire and she was immediately enveloped in flames. Her daughter, Mrs. Campbell, flew to her aid, but, in her efforts to aid her mother, the flames were communicated to her own dress.

Mr. Pickett and young Mr. Campbell heard their screams and hastened to the scene, but the sufferers were so shockingly burned that they survived only a few hours. They were preparing to go to Wisconsin, and had just bidden adieu to their friends, when they were thus suddenly summoned to bid adieu to the world.