Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Distressing Occurrence.

A distressing accident occurred near Hopewell furnace, in Pa. the week before last, which adds another to the many warnings to mothers already published. A house occupied by a coloured man in the service of Mr. Brooke, of Hopewell, was destroyed by fire, together with three of his children. It appears that the mother, having occasion to visit some of her neighbors, locked up the children in the house and when she returned the house was a pile of ruins, and her children victims of the devouring element. The cries of the children were heard soon after the mother had left home, but as nothing unusual was to be seen about the house, the flame having burst out, their cries were unheeded.