Petersburg, VA House Fire, Dec 1880
FIRE RECORD.
Two Children Locked Up to be Burned to Death.
PETERSBURG, Va., Dec. 16.---Yesterday Antonio Tucker and wife, colored, living on the premises of Charles Leath, in Prince George county, locked their children in the house and went out to pick peas. During their absence the building accidentally caught fire and was entirely consumed. The two children perished in the flames. On returning home Tucker and his wife found the house in ruins, and the skull of the older child the only evidence left of their children.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 17 Dec 1880
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