Mrs. Nora Brinson and Little Daughter Die of Burns Dec. 15, 1925

Mother and Child Are Burned to Death. . . Little Girl Who Started Blaze with Kerosene Dies in Ambulance and Mother Passes Away in Hospital 10 minutes Later

Wilmington, Dec. 15—Mrs. Nora Brinson of Holly Ridge died at a local hospital at 5:50 p.m. today as a result of burns received earlier in the day when she attempted to save her little girl from flames that engulfed her as a result of pouring kerosene on a smoldering fire. The child, nothing more than a little tot, died in the ambulance with her mother 10 minutes before the hospital was reached although the driver broke all speed laws in his mad dash in from the east in an effort to get the two patients to the hospital for treatment.

The mother gave the little girl kerosene with which to build a fire at their home in the country. The child, unaware of the danger, used it freely, with the result that she was terribly burned. The mother suffered burns in an effort to save her from which she died 10 minutes after her baby had expired in a careening ambulance.

From page 4 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1925

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