Thursday's Tragic Event: Accidental Death By Burning

Thomas Joseph Donnelly was my great grand uncle, the son of James Donnelly and his wife Mary (nee Gallagher). Thomas was born in 1873 and died two short years later as the result of an accident.

Source: LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (1875, September 25). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 12. Retrieved October 6, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115474782

Transcript:

ACCIDENTAL DEATH BY BURNING.- At the latter end of last week (reports the Mudgee Post) a child named Thomas Donnelly, a son of Mr. James Donnelly, of Reedy Creek, was accidentally burned to death. The child was near a fire outside of the house, when its clothes caught flames, and it received such sever injuries that death ensued. The funeral took place on last Sunday, and was very largely attended.

NSW BDM Birth Index

13889/1873 DONNALLY THOMAS JOSEPH JAMES MARY MUDGEE

NSW BDM Death Index

7996/1875 DONNELLY THOMAS J JAMES MARY GULGONG

Source: NSW BDM Indexes. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Retrieved from http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942 about Thos Joseph Donnelly

Name: Thos Joseph Donnelly

Inquest Date: 19 Sep 1875

Inquest Location: Gulgong

'Verdict: Injuries accidentally received by being burnt'

Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

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