Burned to Death

While the parents were at church on the 3d inst., two girls, age 12 and 14, daughters of Wilson SHEPPARD, of Beaufort county, were burned to death.  While pouring kerosene from the can on the fire the can exploded, setting fire to the children’s clothing.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 9 August 1889.  Available online at digitalnc.org.