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Domestic News
March 2, 1865
The Tiffin Weekly Tribune
Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Four refugees, apparently a family including a woman aged 40-50, a young woman 18-20, and two children aged 10 and 2, were found dead on a train stopped at Centralia after 36 hours of exposure to cold and wind from Cairo while being transported north to Illinois.
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The Centralia Sentinel says that on Friday evening last, when the train stopped at that place, four refugees were taken off the cars dead! They were apparently of one family, and consisted of a woman, between the ages of forty and fifty years, a young woman, probably eighteen or twenty, and two children, respectively aged about ten and two. There was nothing to indicate their names and former abode about them. They were among a large number of refugees, who were being transported north, to be taken charge of and supported by the humane residents of Illinois. Like thousands of others who have gone before, it is reported that they had been exposed some thirty-six hours to the cold and wind in coming from Cairo, and in their famished condition were unable to endure it.
The Centralia Sentinel says that on Friday evening last, when the train stopped at that place, four refugees were taken off the cars dead! They were apparently of one family, and consisted of a woman, between the ages of forty and fifty years, a young woman, probably eighteen or twenty, and two children, respectively aged about ten and two. There was nothing to indicate their names and former abode about them. They were among a large number of refugees, who were being transported north, to be taken charge of and supported by the humane residents of Illinois. Like thousands of others who have gone before, it is reported that they had been exposed some thirty-six hours to the cold and wind in coming from Cairo, and in their famished condition were unable to endure it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Death Or Funeral
Migration Or Settlement
What keywords are associated?
Refugees
Train Deaths
Centralia
Cold Exposure
Cairo
Illinois
Where did it happen?
Centralia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Centralia
Event Date
Friday Evening Last
Outcome
four refugees died from exposure to cold and wind and starvation after 36 hours travel from cairo.
Event Details
Four refugees were taken off a train dead at Centralia; they were part of a group being transported north from Cairo to Illinois, exposed to cold and wind for 36 hours in famished condition.