Mrs. C.W. Spencer Has Died and Her Husband Seriously Burned, Dec. 16, 1923

Gastonia Woman Is Dead from Burning

By the Associated Press

Gastonia, N.C., Dec. 15—Mrs. C.W. Spencer, wife of a Gastonia contractor, died this afternoon from the effects of burns received yesterday when her clothing caught fire while attempting to extinguish flames which enveloped her husband, whose clothing had caught fire from an open grate. Physicians stated tonight that the condition of Mr. Spencer, who was seriously burned, was serious.

From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Dec. 16, 1923