Showing posts with label Scarlet Fever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scarlet Fever. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Death of Four Brothers

This grave marks a very sad event. It states: Here lie the bodies of four brothers. They were the children of Station Master Robert Smith of the Midland Railway Company and his wife, Harriet. All contracted Scarlet Fever in 1880 and were dead within a week. They were:

Horace Richard
9 years

Rowland
7 years

Godfrey
4 years

Ralph
1 year 7 months






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