School: Killyrann
- Location:
- Killyran, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Stafford
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- (continued from previous page)fire and got into her clothes. She was so much frightened that she ran to the room and in a minute or two she was in flames. Something in the room caught on fire and in a short time the whole house was on fire.
The people in the house shouted for help and they were heard by their neighbours and some one came with blankets. They held out the blankets and the people in the house threw out the children. The children were badly burned and they were removed to hospital, some of them died from the shock.
Their father and mother escaped but most of the house was burned and they had to get a new house built. It was a very exciting accident and it was very sad.
- Collector
- Daisy Gault
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killyran, Co. Cavan
