Tragic Mumford Fire Kills Two Children
Distressing incident at Mumford as a Negro house burns. Two children aged two to five die, a third child is fatally injured. Fire origin not determined, parents reportedly away cotton picking.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
5
Distressing incident at Mumford as a Negro house burns. Two children aged two to five die, a third child is fatally injured. Fire origin not determined, parents reportedly away cotton picking.
John Newsome, a well known Brazos bottom farmer and former Burleson County deputy sheriff, died at his home near Myers on Wednesday night at age 54. He never married and is survived by a brother and three sisters. He was laid to rest at the Newsome family burying ground near Providence Church yesterday afternoon.
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