A
terrible sensation was caused in our village on Sunday morning last by
the news of Mr. Charles Moore, of the Nanticoke Road having been
burned to death in his bed.
From enquiry we
find that Mr. Moore was in Dover on Saturday evening and left for home
in his usual good humor and on his arrival went to bed.
His wife left him
in the morning about seven o'clock and went to the barn and a few
minutes afterwards loud screams awakened young James Moore who rushed
upstairs to his father's room but could not enter for the dense smoke
which prevailed.
He procured a
pail of water and dashed it over the burning bed and was horrified to
discover his father on the carpet supporting himself on his hands and
knees, all his hair from the head and his beard burned away and his
body scorched and presenting a terrible sight.
All this happened
in a few minutes and Mr. Blake was called for and he drove to Dover
for Dr. J. M. Nairn, the family physician, who on his arrival found
Mr. Moore in a dying condition, more or less burned from the head to
the knees.
Moore was
conscious but in terrible agony. All that medical skill could do was
tried to save his life but it was to no avail. After suffering untold
agony he became insensible and death mercifully removed him.
An inquest was
considered unnecessary as the finding of the deceased's pipe and
quantity of matches "burned out" left no doubt but that he
accidentally set the bed-clothes on fire.
Mr. Moore leaves
a wife, one son and five daughters and they have our sincerest
sympathy in their bereavement.
He was well-known
in the county, possessed of considerable property, was a cheerful,
even tempered companion and the large attendance at the funeral on
Tuesday last proved the respect in which he was held.
