A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Bourbon http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2728 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34219 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Lexington Herald Article Date: September 12 1913 Article Description: Negro Child Burned to Death in Cabin. Article Text: Paris, Ky., Sept 11.--Cynthia VEACH, a colored girl, nineteen years of age, was horribly burned, and her nineteen-months-old child was burned to death Wednesday night in a cabin on the farm of Mr. William WOODFORD, on the Winchester Pike, near Paris. The woman, who was employed as house maid by Mrs. WOODFORD, poured gasoline on the floor of her room to drive away the fleas, after which she lighted a piece of paper to light her pipe and carelessly threw it on the floor. In an instant the floor was in a blaze and soon ignited the clothing of the woman. The flames quickly reached the baby, who was enveloped in them and terribly burned all over the body. He lingered in great agony for a few hours, but died at 1:30 Thursday morning. John BROOKINS, a colored man employed on the farm, heard the screams of the woman and rushed to her assistance. He succeeded in subduing the flames, but not before the woman and child were burned beyond help. The unfortunate woman is still alive, but the attending physicians say there is no hope for her recovery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com