Cecelia FINCH

FINCH, MOHATT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/26/2013 at 17:04:20

October 7, 1875 --- May 30, 1896

School Teacher Burned To Death
Miss Celia Finch Victim of an Accident at Belmond, Iowa

Clarion, Iowa, May 30 - During a school performance at the opera house in Belmond a large lamp, suspended from the ceiling, fell, striking Miss Celia Finch, and scattering oil over her clothing, which ignited, burning her so badly that she died this afternoon. She was a teacher in the city schools, and was taking the star part in the performance when she met the accident.

Daily Inter Ocean -- Chicago, Illinois
May 31, 1896

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[Cecelia Finch was the daughter of Edward P. Finch and Rose Mohatt Finch]