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Leon Cribley newspaper article
Report comes from Muskegon of another burning horror rivaling the Mona Lake incident of five years ago, when four small children were burned to death. Six-year-old twin boys were burned to death Thursday night, penned in an upstairs bedroom unable to make any fight for life and a father has lost his mind. His daughters are on the verge of madness. The tragedy occurred on the farm of Leon Cribley, 11 miles east of Muskegon, in Egleston township. James and George Cribley were put to bed early, and at 9 o'clock, just as their father was preparing for bed a loud crash reached his ears. Rushing to the stairway he threw open the door and was met by a stifling wave of heat and flame. Through the flames he could see the small forms of his babies clasped in each others arms and crying at the top of their voices. With an almost superhuman effort he rushed through the flames but was driven back, his face burned and his hair blazing. Two hours after the farm house was burned to the ground, and at 5 o'clock this morning the smouldering fire was sufficiently quenched to permit a search. Where the bedroom fell were found small bones, one skull, one jawbone and several teeth. The father spent the night rushing about and giving wild orders. Early this morning he retired to the granery and has locked himself up. He has completely lost his reason and is in an exhausted state. His two daughters are nearly as bad. The family was composed of ten children and the father.
