CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - BLACK Vernon Ray

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4 YEAR OLD CHILD
FATALLY BURNED
VERNON RAY BLACK

Vernon Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Black, succumbed to burns received 
last Thursday evening at the family home just west of McLean, and died 
the following afternoon, March 23. He was born December 2, 1929 and was
 a few months past four years of age. He was a winsome child, dearly 
loved in the home and his tragic death is a severe blow to his parents 
and relatives.

On Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Black went to the barn to attend to work 
there, leaving Vernon and his 16- month old sister in the house as they 
had often done.

Before leaving, Mrs. Black put some cobs in the kitchen range. In a short 
time the parents were horrified to see him running towards the barn almost 
without clothing, his shirt partly burned from his little body, his flesh 
scorched and burned. The burns were so deep and the area burned so great 
that the child could not survive. He was very severely burned from his waist 
to his neck.

The feed door to the kitchen range, closed by the mother, was found open 
and it is thought the little boy had attempted to put cobs in the stove and 
when he opened the door flames puffed out catching fire to his shirt. The 
little fellow had bravely taken off his shoes and overalls and had climbed 
on a couch to look out the window to see if his parents were coming as he 
often did. The blanket on this couch was partly burned. He evidently did 
the best he knew to extinguish the flames and with a courage far beyond one 
of his tender age. Burial was made at the Magnet Cemetery.