Brownstown Banner newspaper, Brownstown, IN
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Front Page, Column 4
Boy, Age 8, Is Fatally Burned
"Tommy" Perry, Brownstown, Dies From Burns at Pythian Home in Lafayette
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Victim Was Watching Boys Burn Paint Off Bicycle - Remains Brought Here
"Tommy" Perry, aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, both deceased, who with his brothers and sisters, were being cared for at the Pythian Home at Lafayette, was fatally burned Wednesday evening by the explosion of some gasoline, which some other boys at the home were using to clean paint off of a bicycle.
It seems that the boys were trying to wash the paint off with gasoline, when some one is said top have told them to put the gasoline on the bicycle and burn it of, which they did. About that time Tommy came upon the scene, when a small can of gasoline which one of the boys was holding became ignited and in an instant he threw it backward and the burning fluid struck Tom igniting his clothing.
The boy at once started to run with clothes all ablaze, and the other boys, including his older brother, Walter, ran after him in the hopes of throwing him down and extinguishing the fire by rolling him on the lawn. It is said they succeeded twice in tripping him as he ran, but each time Tom got up and continued running, until the man cook at the home grabbed the burning lad and succeeded in cutting his burning clothing away with a knife, but not until the boy's body had been burned into blisters.
However, it is claimed that the burns were not deep and might not have proved fatal except for the shock and the fumes he inhaled into his lungs as he ran. The accident occurred early in the evening and death relieved the boy's suffering about 1 o'clock.
Tom's brother, Walter, sustained some severe burns on one of his arms in his effort to save his little brother's life.
A message of the accident was sent to relatives here and the boy's aunt and uncle, Miss Ida and Fred Perry, drove to Lafayette early Thursday morning, not knowing that the boy had died until they reached there.
The remains were brought to Brownstown Friday night and taken to the home of the lad's grandmother, Mrs. Geo. Perry.
Funeral services, largely attended, were held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Charles Thomas Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, deceased, was born in Brownstown, February 15, 1921, making his age 8 years, 4 months and 4 days at the time of his death.
He is survived by two brothers and two sisters, viz: Walter, Frederick, Elnora and Lillian. Their father was a member of Brownstown Lodge No. 60, Knights of Pythias, which made the children eligible to the Pythian Home at Lafayette, where they were taken several months ago.
Tommy was a bright and cheerful lad and made friends among his playmates, including the boys and girls at the Home. His sad and untimely death has cast a gloom of sadness among the many friends and sympathizers of the Perry family, who have been so greatly overburdened with sorrow and affliction in recent years. The lad's death was also deeply regretted at the Pythian Home, this being the first fatal accident that has occurred there.
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Brownstown Banner newspaper, Brownstown, IN
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Page 5, Column 1
Social and Personal column
Among those from a distance who came to attend the funeral of Tommy Perry were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Perry of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Emma Johnson of Jeffersonville.
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Front Page, Column 4
Boy, Age 8, Is Fatally Burned
"Tommy" Perry, Brownstown, Dies From Burns at Pythian Home in Lafayette
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Victim Was Watching Boys Burn Paint Off Bicycle - Remains Brought Here
"Tommy" Perry, aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, both deceased, who with his brothers and sisters, were being cared for at the Pythian Home at Lafayette, was fatally burned Wednesday evening by the explosion of some gasoline, which some other boys at the home were using to clean paint off of a bicycle.
It seems that the boys were trying to wash the paint off with gasoline, when some one is said top have told them to put the gasoline on the bicycle and burn it of, which they did. About that time Tommy came upon the scene, when a small can of gasoline which one of the boys was holding became ignited and in an instant he threw it backward and the burning fluid struck Tom igniting his clothing.
The boy at once started to run with clothes all ablaze, and the other boys, including his older brother, Walter, ran after him in the hopes of throwing him down and extinguishing the fire by rolling him on the lawn. It is said they succeeded twice in tripping him as he ran, but each time Tom got up and continued running, until the man cook at the home grabbed the burning lad and succeeded in cutting his burning clothing away with a knife, but not until the boy's body had been burned into blisters.
However, it is claimed that the burns were not deep and might not have proved fatal except for the shock and the fumes he inhaled into his lungs as he ran. The accident occurred early in the evening and death relieved the boy's suffering about 1 o'clock.
Tom's brother, Walter, sustained some severe burns on one of his arms in his effort to save his little brother's life.
A message of the accident was sent to relatives here and the boy's aunt and uncle, Miss Ida and Fred Perry, drove to Lafayette early Thursday morning, not knowing that the boy had died until they reached there.
The remains were brought to Brownstown Friday night and taken to the home of the lad's grandmother, Mrs. Geo. Perry.
Funeral services, largely attended, were held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Charles Thomas Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, deceased, was born in Brownstown, February 15, 1921, making his age 8 years, 4 months and 4 days at the time of his death.
He is survived by two brothers and two sisters, viz: Walter, Frederick, Elnora and Lillian. Their father was a member of Brownstown Lodge No. 60, Knights of Pythias, which made the children eligible to the Pythian Home at Lafayette, where they were taken several months ago.
Tommy was a bright and cheerful lad and made friends among his playmates, including the boys and girls at the Home. His sad and untimely death has cast a gloom of sadness among the many friends and sympathizers of the Perry family, who have been so greatly overburdened with sorrow and affliction in recent years. The lad's death was also deeply regretted at the Pythian Home, this being the first fatal accident that has occurred there.
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Brownstown Banner newspaper, Brownstown, IN
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Page 5, Column 1
Social and Personal column
Among those from a distance who came to attend the funeral of Tommy Perry were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Perry of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Emma Johnson of Jeffersonville.
Brownstown Banner newspaper, Brownstown, IN
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Front Page, Column 4
Boy, Age 8, Is Fatally Burned
"Tommy" Perry, Brownstown, Dies From Burns at Pythian Home in Lafayette
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Victim Was Watching Boys Burn Paint Off Bicycle - Remains Brought Here
"Tommy" Perry, aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, both deceased, who with his brothers and sisters, were being cared for at the Pythian Home at Lafayette, was fatally burned Wednesday evening by the explosion of some gasoline, which some other boys at the home were using to clean paint off of a bicycle.
It seems that the boys were trying to wash the paint off with gasoline, when some one is said top have told them to put the gasoline on the bicycle and burn it of, which they did. About that time Tommy came upon the scene, when a small can of gasoline which one of the boys was holding became ignited and in an instant he threw it backward and the burning fluid struck Tom igniting his clothing.
The boy at once started to run with clothes all ablaze, and the other boys, including his older brother, Walter, ran after him in the hopes of throwing him down and extinguishing the fire by rolling him on the lawn. It is said they succeeded twice in tripping him as he ran, but each time Tom got up and continued running, until the man cook at the home grabbed the burning lad and succeeded in cutting his burning clothing away with a knife, but not until the boy's body had been burned into blisters.
However, it is claimed that the burns were not deep and might not have proved fatal except for the shock and the fumes he inhaled into his lungs as he ran. The accident occurred early in the evening and death relieved the boy's suffering about 1 o'clock.
Tom's brother, Walter, sustained some severe burns on one of his arms in his effort to save his little brother's life.
A message of the accident was sent to relatives here and the boy's aunt and uncle, Miss Ida and Fred Perry, drove to Lafayette early Thursday morning, not knowing that the boy had died until they reached there.
The remains were brought to Brownstown Friday night and taken to the home of the lad's grandmother, Mrs. Geo. Perry.
Funeral services, largely attended, were held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Charles Thomas Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, deceased, was born in Brownstown, February 15, 1921, making his age 8 years, 4 months and 4 days at the time of his death.
He is survived by two brothers and two sisters, viz: Walter, Frederick, Elnora and Lillian. Their father was a member of Brownstown Lodge No. 60, Knights of Pythias, which made the children eligible to the Pythian Home at Lafayette, where they were taken several months ago.
Tommy was a bright and cheerful lad and made friends among his playmates, including the boys and girls at the Home. His sad and untimely death has cast a gloom of sadness among the many friends and sympathizers of the Perry family, who have been so greatly overburdened with sorrow and affliction in recent years. The lad's death was also deeply regretted at the Pythian Home, this being the first fatal accident that has occurred there.
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Brownstown Banner newspaper, Brownstown, IN
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Page 5, Column 1
Social and Personal column
Among those from a distance who came to attend the funeral of Tommy Perry were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Perry of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Emma Johnson of Jeffersonville.
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Front Page, Column 4
Boy, Age 8, Is Fatally Burned
"Tommy" Perry, Brownstown, Dies From Burns at Pythian Home in Lafayette
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Victim Was Watching Boys Burn Paint Off Bicycle - Remains Brought Here
"Tommy" Perry, aged 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, both deceased, who with his brothers and sisters, were being cared for at the Pythian Home at Lafayette, was fatally burned Wednesday evening by the explosion of some gasoline, which some other boys at the home were using to clean paint off of a bicycle.
It seems that the boys were trying to wash the paint off with gasoline, when some one is said top have told them to put the gasoline on the bicycle and burn it of, which they did. About that time Tommy came upon the scene, when a small can of gasoline which one of the boys was holding became ignited and in an instant he threw it backward and the burning fluid struck Tom igniting his clothing.
The boy at once started to run with clothes all ablaze, and the other boys, including his older brother, Walter, ran after him in the hopes of throwing him down and extinguishing the fire by rolling him on the lawn. It is said they succeeded twice in tripping him as he ran, but each time Tom got up and continued running, until the man cook at the home grabbed the burning lad and succeeded in cutting his burning clothing away with a knife, but not until the boy's body had been burned into blisters.
However, it is claimed that the burns were not deep and might not have proved fatal except for the shock and the fumes he inhaled into his lungs as he ran. The accident occurred early in the evening and death relieved the boy's suffering about 1 o'clock.
Tom's brother, Walter, sustained some severe burns on one of his arms in his effort to save his little brother's life.
A message of the accident was sent to relatives here and the boy's aunt and uncle, Miss Ida and Fred Perry, drove to Lafayette early Thursday morning, not knowing that the boy had died until they reached there.
The remains were brought to Brownstown Friday night and taken to the home of the lad's grandmother, Mrs. Geo. Perry.
Funeral services, largely attended, were held at the Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Charles Thomas Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry, deceased, was born in Brownstown, February 15, 1921, making his age 8 years, 4 months and 4 days at the time of his death.
He is survived by two brothers and two sisters, viz: Walter, Frederick, Elnora and Lillian. Their father was a member of Brownstown Lodge No. 60, Knights of Pythias, which made the children eligible to the Pythian Home at Lafayette, where they were taken several months ago.
Tommy was a bright and cheerful lad and made friends among his playmates, including the boys and girls at the Home. His sad and untimely death has cast a gloom of sadness among the many friends and sympathizers of the Perry family, who have been so greatly overburdened with sorrow and affliction in recent years. The lad's death was also deeply regretted at the Pythian Home, this being the first fatal accident that has occurred there.
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Brownstown Banner newspaper, Brownstown, IN
Wednesday 26 June 1929; Page 5, Column 1
Social and Personal column
Among those from a distance who came to attend the funeral of Tommy Perry were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Perry of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Emma Johnson of Jeffersonville.
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