Thanks! Silly me, I missed the extremities! -----Original Message----- From: Jean Brocklebank [mailto:jeanbean@baymoon.com] Sent: 05 July 2003 18:18 To: SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Renfrew] How did she die? > From: "Christine Normington" <christine.normington@ntlworld.com> > "Shock from extensive burns to trunk and extremities in her own house, > Newton St, Paisley. 15 hours. Signed Peter Morrison, who saw her two hours > before death." > > I don't wish to appear stupid, but can anyone suggest how she may have died > please? Only I would have assumed in a house fire or if her clothes had > caught fire, the burns to her body would have been more extensive. ______________ Hello Christine ~ Peter Morrison mentions (above) your beloved gg grandmother's burns to "trunk and extremities." Those extremities would include legs and arms, so it sounds as though she was indeed extensively burned. Possibly a fire from a coal or wood stove? With kind thoughts, Jean ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************** The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/