Minot, ND Christianson House Fire, Mar 1895

Posted November 25th, 2007 by Linda Horton

FIVE CHILDREN BURN.

The Home of Chris Christianson at Minot, N. D., is Destroyed.

St. Paul, Minn., March 27.---A special to the Dispatch from Minot, N. D., says that the home of Chris Christianson, a carpenter, burned to the ground last night. Five children who were sleeping upstairs were burned to death. The mother and father escaped with four other children. One of these children was badly burned but will recover. The fire is supposed to have caught from a stove in the kitchen.

Centralia Enterprise and Tribune, Centralia, WI 30 Mar 1895
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!


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