BALL, Female Child c1909-1910

BALL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/17/2013 at 23:13:50

GIRL KILLED WHILE AT PLAY
SAD ACCIDENT IN JAS. BALL
HOME NEAR OSAGE

Four-Year-Old struck Gun
in Play and it Exploded

Charles City, Iowa, Feb. 1.— The striking of a gun, standing in a corner, by the four-year-old son of James Ball, living between Osage and Stacyville, instantly killed his one-year-old sister.

The two children were playing together when the accident occurred and death was so sudden that the smile was still on the girl's face when picked up.

[Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier, Friday, February 4, 1910, Waterloo, Iowa]