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Show MARYSVALE CHILD DIES FROM BURNS After lying in the Salina hospital for six weeks suffering with burns little Elda Haddon passed away Tues-j Tues-j day of last week, and funeral ser-1 ser-1 vices were held Thursday in Manti. The little girl is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Haddon of Marysvale. well known in our city. They are relatives rel-atives of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. King. For a while it was thought the little lit-tle girl would recover, but despite the best of care gangrene set in. The burns which resulted in her death were caused when her clothes caught on fire as she poured some gasoline onto a bonfire around which she and some other children were playing Her brother hurried her to a hydrant and put her under the water, but with the exception of her shoes all of her clothing was burned off. Had she lived she would have been badly seared, if not crippled. Richfield Reaper. |