Monessen Daily Independent - Jan 12, 1948 ALTER BOY DIES AFTER CANDLES IGNITE ROBES. Clifford DONALDSON Jr., 12 year old alter boy of Dunlevy, died today as the result of burns and shock suffered yesterday at the 11 a.m. mass in the Mother of Sorrows Italian Catholic Church, Charleroi, when his vestment was ignited by flames from candles he had just lit. Father John THOMAS and church members heard the boy scream in an anteroom near the alter and smothered the flames with coats. He was taken to the Charleroi - Monessen Hospital where he died at 2:35 a. m. today. Clifford had apparently placed some candles on the floor and ignited them. As he turned around to do some other work, his vestment came too close to one of the candles and immediately burst into flames. He suffered second and third degree burns of the chest and face, but doctors who attended him said shock and the fact he must have breathed some of the flames were the main cause of death. He is survived by a twin brother, Clifton, his mother and father and a sister. Funeral services will be held at the Mother of Sorrows Church, Thursday at 10 a. m. Thanks, Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) Allenport, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: [email protected] - Mail mode [email protected] - Digest mode