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Five persona—father*, motherthree.;li£tle children—were.' aerlourfy^^;;^^^^ one fatally*'burned tea fire that stroyed the 'home of Frank at Walitown, two miles from • Grant.^^^ten minutes, ail goes* butet. old man.’' rokeo team0 the Morsel men gaunt sred by1 the a me shrieks horrid gab-adne4 and1 the robe.I couch. .U 200 .miles aed George the mtdiac la*,-: '/; ‘ (poke grave* stbites.II recover,• **/: mourned taste out of-wehr ; /•;:?not ' know rer-r friends lector.' “Oe •the whites.6ng.”‘vthe other 11 fecan iere can ye 1 maoV* -r .•': §.plan,, Friday night;• The Bafferty. famfl^7 consist^the father*/mother .and; lbixr^ci'chllH-¥S'^^ drek at home and ■ one daughter *' thin town. ;•: The ; three youngaged reepeclively 4 and 2 jeara and ^'j ' T V-- 1 - 'monUig^ and a boy,:, aged1 12 w»( were in bed in an upstairs room., and Mrs, Rafferty were preparing to rt!:V!retire at aboot 11:30 o’clock whencoal oil lamp exploded in thedren's room in which they were* scat-;-; :?vterlng the burning oil' aUT over ; the?^#^••• -. :Tried to Qusrfe* Ftomeai• The father and Vmotber ro»rteinp to /extinguish the but' aTtor^^|severely burning themaelye« and ftnd^^*'-^ W.tho task beyond ,’ac«om^Win^ they started to save tbe^Uttlevchifr^' dren. By tbia time toe :\4ixe^'haA gained such headway that •« it* :. ^ . ,.at the risk, of their lived -thaJt ttte:rents entered the room where ; the. '*/JICIOE.lick In Caw d, /. 5.—Miss yf the late rk brewer, ■ die of apo-►rt of Coro-»vu*a ( tiiucicu iUUIll ;WUflW. - ; U1Q ,children slept. ‘ The: -twelv-er. yearyolil^^^i^ boy* was. awakened by the, managed to escape' from • the- ''bprQ4ng:ir,v-S;^^ building unscathed./,The' three yoiinger: cbttdrcin;•; finally taken from the hon8er;butvnot until they were ‘terribly, buj^ted. /'-*f?V 'Five Victims of nairies';.l the door the exam* !klng cord it end tied She worev Mr. Rafferty was' .burned Trom.;'€he waist to the top. of /his * head, his'/ /*' scalp being burned to’ a crisp.Hlg;hands and 'arms were -also ’•* badly• • • .1 •»»!.*? burned,: his fingers being scorched to: ^-^;2l§§patters.:.,- /,/ ■ fmMrs. Rafferty was also- seriouslybnrned, :. her hands ?• being -.iltei^ly^^v^vg^^ burned , to . the hope, while her body^/.V/^Sj^^ and feet were severely scorched.,;The three . little children-: / • were-/frightfully . burned, the. :.flamesc; writtens with the-mobster,.i: ■,:‘££mill his mo-.'the eyesa . little ose, very, chin cov-a soft of1. ears like he fingers those of ell shaped • be true tnd John ole crew* □en. (An rmoire of mentloD-dftU.OW wa s seam the same wt.the day;Dr. MIHcrl Called.. .5eu iTseal j Neighbors nished to the scena'andr ts about jtook of the sufferers '.until.. Dr*, ” irowa'and j J. A. Miller ' arrived. •• They.'doctor worked with j .the ylqtima of theflames for more than an hour and thty were made as cpmfortable-'as .possible.'/Dr. Miller says, that fiis * patienta^v/i.i^^ are In a serious condition.. He ad;7 'jr^wS them brought. ;to .the Clearfield bos-pltal . on -the. 1 o’clock train,/ and they are now -being- .given •'' evew'*,^-‘f^*j-.?rri1 gtanca or vaa-ie to rw-to tbeoa dlficuH rmt thingpossible atte^tioji*Loat All Poaacu^ona.: The Rafferty house was comp!atoljr/: destroyed, together. with*all oT contents. The family lost #very piece of . their clothing except the clothing they wore at the •. Mr , Jtofferty. is a miner and fbe terrible. ,condition* of he • aadlt;/hfts: faaBy appeals to the sympathy ; at the eadie cqmmvnttyi • v. v'’Mbs Iva Rafferty, aged aboat the oldest daughter, has been lt;mk-ployed la the family of W*/ de»k Miller, Rsq.* In Clearfield, for time, and was called home this tog because of the cataatroplfce to her.■m■m*-rim*:a is Uke Pemnts and little sisters.right er a D thal *L ”Uprtodplrdir sadposite of a moeaS moo*.C. ;wiU aale moon ich case waxing, «iy thatSnn.coder•stingreaat were. m toeyesisibte then * fet-» not trong hut . we ler.—•Mrs. Frank Rafferty* who was aa aerlously burned In the fire that dw •treyed tb« Hatteity bone la V4 town, near Grampian, Friday alflfeC' d1*d at th* hospital Satnrdaj em-bg at 8 o'clock. VLittle Ghrtatiae, aged 2, died day afternoon at 4 o’clock.^ The condition of 'the father and B* o^her child is such as to laara mm hope of their recovery.Frank Rafferty and the reenaiatog child who were burned so frigbtfal^ at Walltown la^^rtdaj nlyht, ailt; somewhat easier a- the hospital Mo®-1” day night but both are otlll ia a j »erfous condition.-^•dSg ■'r. JMarried This. Morning.Archibald John a ton and Mlsa i Beechy were married by Rev. FmC S., Berry at the bride’s home ka ?Gien Richey this morning - Ttop will reside in Glen Richey.Still Resting Fairly Well* Prank Rafferty and bl^ the remaining fire victims, were to Iwted as resting fairly wall M Clearfield hospital today*'-r-'fe
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Clearfield Weekly Progress
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Nov 07, 1913
Page 6
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Margaret R.
PA, USA 21 Dec 2018
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