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- [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Reg. Camden 1861 6260.
- [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Reg. Camden 1862 3261 Aged 16 months.
- [S2796] Empire (Sydney), Fri 9 May 1862 Page 5 CAMDEN.
MAY 7TH -FATAL ACCIDENT.- A little child, only
sixteen months old, named Ellen Currie, daughter of
Daniel Currie, farmer, of Cobbitty Paddock, near Cam-
den, was burnt to death during the absence of her mother,
on Sunday last, tbe 4th instant. Tbe mother had shut
deceased and another child up in a room, while she went
to the paddock for the cows, and it would seem that the
elder child managed to open the door which led to the
room in which was the fire. The poor woman, on her
return, found the child in flames, running to meet her
about a rod from the house, and so severely burned, that
death terminated its sufferings shortly after. A magis-
terial inquiry was held on Monday, by W. Antill, Esq.,
brother of our district coroner, and a verdict of acci-
dentally burnt returned.
- [S9] Maitland Mercury, P 3. 13 May 1862.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT CAMDEN - A little child, only 16
months old named Ellen Currie, daughter of Daniel Currie,
farmer, of Cobbitty Paddock, near Camden, was burnt to
death during the absence of her mother, on Sundny last, the
4th inst. The mother had shut deceased and another child up
in a room, while she went to the paddock for the cows, and it
would seem that the elder child managed to open tho door
which led to the room in which was the fire. The poor woman
on her return found the child in flames, running to meet her
about a rod from the house, and so severely burned that death
terminated its sufferings shortly after. A magisterial enquiry
was held on Monday, by W Antill, Esq. brother of our dis-
trict coroner, and a verdict of accidentally burnt retunud -
Empire, May 9
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