Nine Baldridge Children Badly Frozen-1895

BALDRIDGE

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 3/7/2020 at 09:44:54

Cascade Pioneer, Cascade, Iowa, Friday, Morning, January 25, 1895

Nine Children Badly Frozen

The house of J. H. Baldridge, near Jefferson, and part of its contents were burned. It was very cold at the time and nine children, from 3 to 16 years old, froze their feet and hands. The family is destitute and the children were in a critical condition.