A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Vermont > Rutland http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=627 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=55263 Submitted by: Joan H. Bixby Article Title: Rutland Daily Herald Article Date: September 9 1936 Article Description: Accidental Death of Lydia Sharrow Article Text: MRS.JOHN SHARROW FOUND DEAD AT HOME; Believed to Have Inhaled Gas Accidentally After Heart Attack. Mrs.Lydia Sharrow, 63, widow of John Sharrow, was found dead early yesterday afternoon at her home,189 Crescent street. According to City Health Officer Clare M. Cole and Dr. James J.Reedy the woman's death resulted from a heart attack complicated by accidental inhalation of illuminating gas. Mrs. Sharrow's body was found about 12:55 o'clock by Mrs. Henry Pockette and Mrs. W.W. Witherell, both of Crescent street, lying on the floor of a bedroom occupied by Mrs. Sharrow's son, Oliver. Gas was escaping from a small gas heater located in the room, the jet being open. Dr.Reedy, who arrived shortly after the discovery of the body, stated that Mrs. Sharrow had been dead about three hours. Members of the fire department were called to the scene with inhalators, but in view of the fact that the woman had been dead for so long a time no attempt was made to resuscitate her. Owing to the position of the body near the heater and the fact that a burned match was in the woman's right hand, the doctor pronounced the death accidental. Health Officer Cole and Dr. Reedy said they believed that Mrs. Sharrow was in the act of lighting the gas heater when she sustained a heart attack. Before she could regain her senses she was overcome by the fumes,they assume. The victim had been suffering from heart attacks for several months,relatives said. The last person believed to have seen Mrs. Sharrow alive was Louis Cota of Geno Avenue. He stated that he visited with Mrs. Sharrow about 8 o'clock. She was lying on a sofa in a front room at the time and complained of not feeling well. Mrs. Pockett , one of the women who found the body,said she became alarmed about Mrs. Sharrow when she noticed that the morning mail had not been taken into the house before dinner time. This led to a visit to the house,discovery of the body and notification of health authorities. Oliver Sharrow, with whom Mrs. Lydia Sharrow lived, was in Middlebury when he learned of the death of his mother. Mrs. Sharrow, leaves, besides Oliver Sharrow,four other sons, Earl of Malone, N.Y.,George of Uncasville,Conn.,Felix of Thorndike, Mass., and Raymond of Boston. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Ida Boyer and Mrs. William Miller of Malone, N.Y.,and two brothers,Alfred and Edward Dauphin of Malone. Mrs. Sharrow's husband died in June 1934. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary.The burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ VT-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com