Gerald Campbell

1929 - 1931  (2 years)

• Name	Gerald Campbell
  Born	1929
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jan 1931	Thurso, Québec, Canada
  	Result of house fire
  Person ID	I20948	Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Donald Edward Campbell,   b. 29 Jun 1882, Thurso, Québec, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1931, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Stella May Banning,   b. 30 May 1892, Papineauville, Québec, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1963, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F10406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 29 Jan 1931 - Thurso, Québec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Father Blinded in Trying to Save Infant Children The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario
  		Some Progress by Fire Victim The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario
  		Inquest is Opened The Ottawa Journal Ottawa, Ontario

  
  

  Obituary & Death Notice		Two Children Die of Burns in Farm Fire Two Children Die of Burns in Farm Fire Varda Campbell, Aged One, and Gerald, Aged Two, Victims at Thurso Explosion of coal oil poured into a stove to hasten the fire resulted in the deaths of two children in the farmouse of Donald E. Campbell at The lower", seven miles north of Thurso yesterday, Verda Campbell, his one-year-old daughter, died in the Civic Hospital early today, while Gerald Campbell, aged two, died on the way to the train from the farm house. According to Miss Ethel MacKenzie, 6 Fifth avenue, a step-daughter of Mr. Campbell, the latter wanted to light the fire in the stove in the kitchen of he farm house. He decided to put some coal oil on the coal to quicken the blaze. Thought Fire Was Out Miss MacKenzie said Mr. Campbell poured some oil on the supposedly dead coals, but apparently one of the pieces of coal was hot enough to ignite the liquid. There was an instant explosion. One-year-old Verda was sitting in her high chair beside the stove and Gerald was playing on the floor. With the explosion of the oil fumes, the curtains on the windows took fire. Mr. Campbell tried to extinguish the blaze with oats and succeeded in smothering it. Articles in the room caught fire as well. Misa MacKenzie related to The Journal, and the light clothing of the two children was ignited. In his frantic efforts to beat out the fire in the room and to help the screaming babies, Mr. Campbell's arms and legs were terribly burned. No one else was at home at the time. The other members of the family, Mrs. Campbell and an 18-year-old son, Gordon, were in Thurso shopping, a daughter, Muriel, and another son, Arthur, aged eight, were at school. They did not discover the disaster until after they had returned from the town and school. Sent to Hospital. Difficulty was experienced in obtaining a physician, as the farm-house is isolated. Finally, Dr. Poliquin was located near Thurso. He gave first aid to the three injured and ordered the children removed to a hospital. While the father remained at home under treatment of Dr. Poliquin, Mrs. Campbell took the two babies in a sleigh driven by the eldest son and started for Thurso. Gerald died before they reached Thurso. The mother and Verda continued on to the city, where Verda died in the Civic Hospital early today The body of the child was removed to Woodburn's undertaking parlors. (photo is unrelated to article) --The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ontario, January 30, 1931
  		Two Children Die in Fire on Quebec Farm --The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 30, 1931