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Shelbyville, Indiana

Bonfire Accident

August 21, 1915

Shelbyville, Ind., Aug. 21-- Francis Kearney, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kearney, was fatally burned yesterday afternoon when her dress caught fire from a bonfire and her entire right side, abdomen and chest were burned to a crisp.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN 24 Aug 1915

       

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