Daughter of John McBride (1901)

MCBRIDE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/3/2009 at 10:13:33

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 25, 1901
Page 1

SAD ACCIDENT NEAR EARLHAM

Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McBride Accidentally Hanged While Playing in Haymow

Earlham, April 22.—The 3½ year old daughter of John McBride, living near here, was choked to death Saturday evening by a scarf around her neck, which caught on a nail as she was descending a ladder leading from a hay mow in the barn. She slipped and fell before assistance could reach her she was dead.—Des Moines Register