In my family history researches I have come across several tragedies. There was a young man who drowned while canoeing on a lake in Washington. There was a young woman and her 7-year-old niece who died from being burned in an explosion in the home. I theorize that the explosion was caused by refilling kerosene lamps after dark (when the flames were lighted), something my mother said was never, ever to be done. There was a young man killed by his shotgun while crossing a fence. My hunter’s safety course instructed us to always lay our guns on the ground before crossing a fence, something that young man apparently failed to do.