If your ancestor died of shock from severe burns , then that is just what killed her. Modern medicine could have helped the shock and the burns depending on the severity. Smoke inhalation could have also done her in as well as any secondary infections resulting from the wounds. When a persons body goes into shock the central nervous system is affected greatly and can even stop the heart from working. Modern day CPR is used to treat some victims of shock as well as some injectable medications to get the heart going again. As far as looking into an inquest, as you might assume either a crime was committed or not I would try local old newspapers from that paticular date and if that leads you no where I'd try the local contables or courthouse records. Sincerely, Amy Gilroy

Many thanks for your help Amy. Every Blessing, Christine -----Original Message----- From: DynosoreMom@aol.com [mailto:DynosoreMom@aol.com] Sent: 05 July 2003 20:06 To: SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Renfrew] Re: How she died? If your ancestor died of shock from severe burns , then that is just what killed her. Modern medicine could have helped the shock and the burns depending on the severity. Smoke inhalation could have also done her in as well as any secondary infections resulting from the wounds. When a persons body goes into shock the central nervous system is affected greatly and can even stop the heart from working. Modern day CPR is used to treat some victims of shock as well as some injectable medications to get the heart going again. As far as looking into an inquest, as you might assume either a crime was committed or not I would try local old newspapers from that paticular date and if that leads you no where I'd try the local contables or courthouse records. Sincerely, Amy Gilroy ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************** The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/