The
Goulburn Herald and Chronicle NSW
13 May
1865
BURNT TO
DEATH.-Mrs. Mauleverer, wife of a clergyman residing at Tynan, Armagh, was
lying in bed paralysed yesterday (Sunday) evening week, and her daughter was getting
a pocket-handkerchief for her, when the bedclothes were suddenly ignited by a
candle which was standing close at hand. The daughter ran out of the room to
give the alarm.
On her
return the room was in a complete flame, and so filled with smoke that it was
impossible to remain in it; Miss Mauleverer, however, dashed in, but was
obliged to run out again, being considerably burnt.
Very soon a
man named Leathem came up to the room, got on his knees, crawled to
the bed to search for Mrs. Mauleverer, but she was not there.
Soon, however,
he heard a moan, and on crossing the bed through the flames found the old lady
lying on the floor, with a blanket on her, in flames.
This he soon
removed; and carried her down stairs into another room, where he placed her on
a bed.
Here she was
attended by Dr. Cuming, who found her burned in several places, with feathers
in her mouth, nose, and eyes, and unconscious.
When he
removed the linen cloth from her body the feathers on her body burst into
aflame, which he at once extinguished.
He got her
to swallow a couple of spoonful’s of brandy, but she never rallied, and died in
about half an hour.-Liverpool Albion.
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