Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-06-26 | Page 13 | Aged Sisters Are Burned to Death

AGED SISTERS ARE BURNED TO DEATH LONDO LONDON Juno June 26 Two 2 Two sisters aged 88 68 and 83 respectively were burned to death at Sedgefield near Elizabeth th and Hannah Bayston who were of or a retiring disposition disposition dis dis- position lived to together ther In a two-room two cottage and in the early hours of the morning the house was seen to be bo ablaze The villagers lIla er turned out In full force torce and with the aid ald of ot buckets of water and a fire extinguisher made mado strenuous efforts to fight the flames It was a a. difficult task for tor the supply of ot water atel was limited and most and of it had to be obtained from houses In the vicinity no hose hOll pipes being available ll Man and women worked with a a. will After Atler several eral Ineffectual attempts attempt to effect an entrance to the house houw two of the tho villagers Herbert Walter and George sU succeeded DashIng Dashing Dash Dash- Ing up upstairs the they ente entered the bedroom where the they found the two sisters one dead in bed and the other who ho had apparently not retired for tor the night near the win do Both had been burned to death