Tragedy Follows Accidental Lye Poisoning
After nine months of suffering, a toddler passes away following a household accident.
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Little Cordellia Holderman, the two and one-half year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Holderman, passed away at nine o'clock Tuesday evening, after nine months of terrible misery as a result of drinking, accidentally, a quantity of concentrated lye. Since the time of the fatal accident, everything has been done to relieve the terrible pain in which she has been all the time, and to cure her, but in vain. She has been at St. Luke's hospital in Bellingham the greater part of the time. The funeral will take place at 11 o'clock today at the home on the road to Everson, and her remains will be laid to rest in Lynden Cemetery.
“Since the time of the fatal accident, everything has been done to relieve the terrible pain in which she has been all the time, and to cure her, but in vain.”
Household accidents involving caustic cleaners remain a critical public health concern, though modern child-resistant packaging and rapid emergency response have significantly altered outcomes compared to the early 20th century. This story underscores the fragility of life in the rural Nooksack Valley during that era.
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