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Domestic News
December 6, 1882
The Breckenridge News
Hardinsburg, Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
In Spottsville, Henderson County, Mr. Thomas Hughes' infant child was left alone by a colored nurse-girl and found dead, gnawed by rats, after the family returned from church on Sunday of last week.
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Sunday of last week Mr. Thomas Hughes, of Spottsville, a Henderson county village, went to church at some distance from home, intending to be gone all day, leaving his infant child in the care of a colored nurse-girl. After the family had gone, the girl rocked the infant to sleep, laid it on a pallet on the floor, and started off to spend the day in visiting among her colored friends. When the family returned late in the evening, they found the babe on the pallet dead and horribly gnawed and mutilated by rats.
What sub-type of article is it?
Death Or Funeral
Accident
What keywords are associated?
Infant Death
Rat Attack
Negligent Nurse
Spottsville Tragedy
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Thomas Hughes
Infant Child
Colored Nurse Girl
Where did it happen?
Spottsville, Henderson County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Spottsville, Henderson County
Event Date
Sunday Of Last Week
Key Persons
Mr. Thomas Hughes
Infant Child
Colored Nurse Girl
Outcome
babe on the pallet dead and horribly gnawed and mutilated by rats
Event Details
Mr. Thomas Hughes of Spottsville went to church leaving his infant child in the care of a colored nurse-girl. The girl rocked the infant to sleep, laid it on a pallet on the floor, and left to visit friends. The family returned late in the evening to find the child dead.