baby boy Long, Independence Co., AR Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Susan Mosier ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Newark Journal, Independence Co, AR January 6, 1927 Baby Burns to Death The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Long, who live about two miles south of Strawberry, was burned fatally Monday whe he fell from a chair into an open fireplace. The mother had placed the child before th fireplace and had gone to the lot to milk. Hearing the baby's cries, she ran into the room and found the child in a bed of hot ashes. She rescued the cild but he lived only 20 minutes.