Albert Shipp |
| Posted 2018-07-03 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, July 5, 1905, page 2, column 6 Baby Boy Burned To Death At Ash Fork Yesterday afternoon a Ash Fork, the hous of James H. Shipp, an employe in the railroad machine shops in this city, was burned to the ground, and with it was burned his three year old baby boy. Mrs. Shipp left the little fellow locked in the house while she went up town to procure some medicine, and during her absence the place caught fire, and before help could arrive the structure was a roaring mass of flames. No cause was assigned, but it is believed that the baby started the blaxe by playing with matches during the absence of his mother. A special dispatch to the Journal-Miner after midnight states that late last night the remains of the child were found after the fire had entirely burned out. TYhe mother is prostrated, and it is feared that she will not recover. The news of the tragedy came as an awful shock yesterday afternoon to the father, who is employed as a blacksmith's helper in the railroad shops here. He only removed here recently from Ash Fork, where he was employed as a hostler on the Santa Fe engines there. He secured a better position here, and was just arranging to bring his family to Prescott. The unfortunate boy was the youngest of four children. Mr. Shipp tried to reach Ash Fork last night, but his only chance of doing so was in the event that a helper's engine might be going to Ash Fork about midnight. Unfortunately for the grief-stricken father, one was not sent over the line last night, and he was obliged to wait until this morning. He is a hard working, industrious man, and he has the sincere sympathy of the many friends in his sad affliction. Transcriber's note: This child is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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