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Cloucester City, NJ Bonfire Accident, Dec 1900
Posted January 23rd, 2008 by Linda Horton
Child Burned at a Bonfire
Special to The Inquirer.
GLOUCESTER CITY, N. J., Dec. 14.---Two year old Anna Buddingham, daughter of Fireman William Buddingham, of the Gloucester ferryboat Dauntless, was seriously if not fatally burned this afternoon, while playing around a bonfire in the back yard of her home, on Orange street. The little tot's mother and sister in extinguishing the flames with a shawl were badly burned about the hands and arms.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 15 Dec 1900
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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