Roberts - child of John - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

New Ross, Feb. 6—The eighteen months old child of John Roberts, who lives south of here, was burned so badly by fire this morning that it died a short time afterward. The mother went out to do some trading with a huckster. The child, it is supposed, pushed some scrap paper through the grate and firing it, it pulled it out and the fire was communicated to its clothing. In a moment it was enveloped in flames and ran around the room screaming. The mother ran in and before the fire could be extinguished the poor child was fatally burned. A doctor was dispatched for and gave medical aid, but to no avail. It could not survive the shock and died in two hours after being burned.