A young girl of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the unfortunate victim of an accident that occurred at the site of a street bonfire that had been set by older children. This is the story as reported by the Elizabethville Echo, November 18, 1926:
FALLS IN BONFIRE; DIES OF BURNS
FLAMES ENVELOPE WILLIAMSTOWN CHILD BEFORE RESCUERS ARRIVE
DEATH FOLLOWS DAY AFTER PLAYING NEAR HOME
Catherine Caster, aged six years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Caster of Williamstown, died Sunday, after she was fatally burned the day before when she fell into a bonfire in the street near her parents’ home Saturday morning.
She was playing with her two brothers and a number of neighborhood chums at the time of the accident. An older group of children had se a pile of leaves and papers afire that had been gathewred in the street and were playing about the blaze.
Catherine, who was running and playing about the burning material, tripped and fell into it and her clothing caught fire before witnesses could rescue her.
The child is survived by her parents and brothers. Funeral services were held from her home yesterday afternoon, with the interment in the Williamstown Cemetery.
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