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Alifare “Allie” <I>Damron</I> Mullins

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Alifare “Allie” Damron Mullins

Birth
Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Death
3 Mar 1900 (aged 27)
Beech Grove, Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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DIED AS RESULT OF A FIRE.
MARRIED @ 1888 ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT MULLINS
CHILDREN: FRANK {8/1889},
HATTIE {8/1891}
ROY {7/1893}
ALBERT 7/1895}
CHARLES{2/1898}

* 3/5/1900
BEECH GROVE - AT THE HOME OF GRANT MULLINS, A COAL MINER, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURRED SATURDAY. MULLINS HAD FILLED A COFFEE BOILER WITH POWDER AND PLACED IT NEAR THE DOOR PREPARATORY TO GOING TO THE MINE. A 2 YEAR OLD CHILD TOOK UP THE POWDER POURING SOME ON THE HEARTH NEAR THE FIRE. A FLASH FOLLOWED AND THE HUSBAND, WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WERE BADLY BURNED. MRS. MULLINS IS DEAD AND IT IS THOUGHT THE BABY WILL DIE. MULLINS AND OTHER 2 CHILDREN WILL RECOVER. {TAKEN FROM GLEN HANEY'S ARTICLES}

MT. VERNON SIGNAL MT. VERNON, KY MARCH 5, 1900
ONE DEAD, ONE DYING
TERRIBLE RESULTS OF A LITTLE BOY SPILLING POWDER
ON AN OPEN HEARTH NEAR GRAYSON, KY.
GRAYSON,KY., MARCH 5- WHILE GRANT MULLINS AND MARION DOWDIE WERE STARTING TO WORK IN THE COAL MINES A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY PICKED UP HALF A GALLLON CAN OF MINING POWDER AND RAN TOWARD THE FIRE, AND AS MULLINS ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIM THE CHILD DROPPED THE CAN ON THE OPEN HEARTH, SPILLING PART OF IT.
THE POWDER EXPLODED WITH TERRIFIC FORCE, SETTING FIRE TO THE CLOTHING OF MRS. MULLINS, HER THREE CHILDREN AND DOWDIE AND MULLINS. MRS. MULLINS, SHEET OF FLAMES, RAN TO A POOL OF WATER NEAR BY. MULLINS AND DOWDIE TORE THE CLOTHES FROM THE CHILDREN AND THEN FROM THEMSELVES. MRS. MULLLINS HAS SINCE DIED, AND HER HUSBAND IS DYING. THE OTHERS MAY RECOVER.
DIED AS RESULT OF A FIRE.
MARRIED @ 1888 ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT MULLINS
CHILDREN: FRANK {8/1889},
HATTIE {8/1891}
ROY {7/1893}
ALBERT 7/1895}
CHARLES{2/1898}

* 3/5/1900
BEECH GROVE - AT THE HOME OF GRANT MULLINS, A COAL MINER, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURRED SATURDAY. MULLINS HAD FILLED A COFFEE BOILER WITH POWDER AND PLACED IT NEAR THE DOOR PREPARATORY TO GOING TO THE MINE. A 2 YEAR OLD CHILD TOOK UP THE POWDER POURING SOME ON THE HEARTH NEAR THE FIRE. A FLASH FOLLOWED AND THE HUSBAND, WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WERE BADLY BURNED. MRS. MULLINS IS DEAD AND IT IS THOUGHT THE BABY WILL DIE. MULLINS AND OTHER 2 CHILDREN WILL RECOVER. {TAKEN FROM GLEN HANEY'S ARTICLES}

MT. VERNON SIGNAL MT. VERNON, KY MARCH 5, 1900
ONE DEAD, ONE DYING
TERRIBLE RESULTS OF A LITTLE BOY SPILLING POWDER
ON AN OPEN HEARTH NEAR GRAYSON, KY.
GRAYSON,KY., MARCH 5- WHILE GRANT MULLINS AND MARION DOWDIE WERE STARTING TO WORK IN THE COAL MINES A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY PICKED UP HALF A GALLLON CAN OF MINING POWDER AND RAN TOWARD THE FIRE, AND AS MULLINS ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIM THE CHILD DROPPED THE CAN ON THE OPEN HEARTH, SPILLING PART OF IT.
THE POWDER EXPLODED WITH TERRIFIC FORCE, SETTING FIRE TO THE CLOTHING OF MRS. MULLINS, HER THREE CHILDREN AND DOWDIE AND MULLINS. MRS. MULLINS, SHEET OF FLAMES, RAN TO A POOL OF WATER NEAR BY. MULLINS AND DOWDIE TORE THE CLOTHES FROM THE CHILDREN AND THEN FROM THEMSELVES. MRS. MULLLINS HAS SINCE DIED, AND HER HUSBAND IS DYING. THE OTHERS MAY RECOVER.

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