Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 8th, 1932
Burnt To Death
Denaby Girl’s Fate At Derby
At an inquest at Derby on Tuesday, the Coroner, Mr. Bendle W. Moore, spike highly of the promptitude of a young domestic servant who went to the assistance of a younger servant, Lillian Wood (15) of Denaby Main, after her clothing had caught fire. The dead girl was taken to the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary suffering from severe burns and died on Saturday night.
The girl, who lived with her sister, Mrs. Ethel Samson of 65, Balby Street, Denaby, had been employed at Calke Abbey, Melbourne, near Derby, by Colonel Godfrey Mosley for ten days. It was stated that when she went to open the shutters in the servants’ hall on Saturday morning when the back of her apron caught fire at a candle.
Hilda Smith, the girl who was commended by the coroner, said in evidence that she heard two shouts, and on seeing the girl Wood, enveloped in flames, she called for help and wrapped rugs round her. Sympathy with the dead girl’s relatives was expressed on behalf of his wife and himself by Col. Mosley, who is a former High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
Miss Wood, who was the fifth daughter of the late Mrs. Wood, was buried at Edlington yesterday, the Vicar of Denaby, the Rev. S. Powley, officiating.