Wilhelm, Harold died 1901

WILHELM

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/9/2017 at 22:48:23

Dubuque Daily Herald, August 5, 1901

Infant Drinks Gasoline and Dies

Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug 5. – While left for a few minutes this forenoon, Harold, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wilhelm, secured from a cup containing gasoline, left by his mother on the kitchen stove, a small quantity of the liquid, which caused convulsions a few moments afterwards, and death within a quarter of an hour.