Mattie Porcher McSweeney Dies of Burns, Nov. 25, 1924

Late Governor’s Widow Sustains Fatal Burns. . . Clothing of Mrs. Miles B. McSweeney Catches on Fire from Fireplace

Hampton, S.C., Nov. 24—Mrs. Mattie Porcher McSweeney, widow of the late Governor Miles B. McSweeney of South Carolina, died here this afternoon from burns received this morning when her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace in her room at a local hotel.

Mrs. McSweeney’s clothing were ignited while she was dressing before the fireplace and almost instantly she was enveloped by the flames. Guests of the hotel, hearing her screams, went to her assistance and smothered the flames, but not until she had been burned from head to foot. She died shortly after 1 o’clock.

From page 3 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Nov. 25, 1924

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