Show A SHOCKING CASUALTY A MYTLE CHILD BURNED TO DEATH A 4 lamentable accident acci dept occurred at the town of joseph sevier county utah on a recent date it apu appears ears from ane statement of a correspondent just received that a little kittle girl named named carohne merril daughter of martin and celiaa merril was accidentally burned to death while the mother was temporarily absent our informant states stales that mrs merril had left her infant in charge of her daughter caroline aged four years while leshe she went to a neighbors about forty rods distant to borrow a wash tub previously cautioning the little girl to be sure to keep the baby away from froia the fire are till she got back on re returning a few minutes later she met little Care caroline lind with her clothes on fire a few steps from the door where she fell feh from exhaustion ha her mother almost distracted at the sight immediately seized her and plunged her into the tae water sect close at hand and thus extinguished the flames but the relief came too late the fire had done its work she sha lived only a few minutes minuses dying from the effects of severe burns burn which covered the body excepting only tho head and anci face she was seA sensible sible to the last fast and tol daer mother that the baby got t too close to the flames etame and that inver in her efforts to pull pall it away her cloi clothing hing strange to state the infant 8 or 9 months of age escaped unharmed |