Former
Simcoe Woman Dies of Burns and Injuries
After several hours of
intense suffering, Mrs. Henry Taylor of Mount Elgin, formerly of
Simcoe, died on Saturday morning from injuries and burns received
Friday night.
While carrying a lighted
lamp about 9 o'clock Friday evening, Mrs. Taylor fell through an
open trap door into the cellar. Fire followed, destroying the
stairway, and Mr. Taylor and son Bruce had great difficulty in
getting her away from the ill-fated place.
Her injuries and burns were
so terrible, however, that death ensued in a few hours. Both Mr.
Taylor and Bruce Taylor were painfully burned.
Besides her husband,
Mrs. Taylor is survived by three sons. Before going to Mount
Elgin, the family lived near Atherton for a time.
