Children Bitten by a Rattlesnake.

CHICAGO, Sept.28.—Near Andalusia, Ala., the three children (ranging from two to six years old) of a family went out Sunday afternoon to play near the house. A large tree had been blown down and they were playing around in the hole made by the roots of the tree being torn up. The afternoon passed and at night the children were missed. The parents instituted search, and they soon found them laying near the roots of the fallen tree. The two younger ones were dead and the eldest was in a dying condition. Upon investigation it was found that the children had all been bitten by a rattlesnake which had made its den under the roots of the tree. The bodies were terribly swollen, and looked as if they had been bitten in several different places. The elder child died during the night and the three innocents were buried together.

Culled from the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair – 1886 Morbid Scrapbook