:)hi all
iam the grandson of vera elizabeth woolman <page>
born 11th of dec 1913 st mary terr whitwick
father herbert page born 1872 ruddington Notts he came to live in whitwick he married elizabeth ann walker born 1873 green lane whitwick her father was joseph walker collier her mother was ann walker formerly hurst whitwick.ann walker had a dau named charlotte ada walker she married ajohn henry bailey collier of the dumps ,whitwick
they had dau whowas badly burned in a fire towhich i have found the inquest from whitwick history group they have put a news paper on line and the inquest is on there but they don not give the name of the dau was dec charlotte whent to see her mother three doors away and left the children playing she whentto see her mother about 1.30 inthe afternoon last thursday she had not been gone more then 5 mints when she heard a scream . the two children were in the yard playing with some toy brushes . she left the door open not intending to be long. she had just made the fire upthe fire and the guard was round it .when witness heard the scream . she saw the child coming towards her with a shawl burning up one side ,her mother put a rug round to put out the flames and witness went into the house and saw some burnt paper on the floor ,some paper was on the sofathe other child aged 5 was still i the garden ,the deceased was wearing a woolen shawl .witness nursed her and subsequently put oilve oil and linseed oil on the burns and the child was gigiven some physic .she was burnt on the arm .but she appeared to be going on well and on friday was singing , on saturday she did not seem so well and witness went about 11 o clock in the morning for the doctor ,who at9,o clock in the evening .the child seemed sleepy all day at 12 .o'clock midnight she became worse and died about 1.30 sunday morning.
the coroner :when the doctor didnt come you think it necessary to send for another doctor?
witness :Dr Hamilton is our doctor and we were expecting him every minte.
the corner said he was glad to know that they had provided a fire guard , but it would be much greater precaution if her husband got some galvanised wire netting and putt round the guard to prevent a child getting its hand through .he hoped she would tell her husband to do that.
ann walker ,grand mother of the dec . stated that her dau came to see her atabaout 1.30 pm and had not been there five mints before they heard the scream witness had been washing her son -in law's shirt and she gave it to her daughter as soon as she had put it through the mangle .witness put a rug around the child .
the coroner : a very proper thing to do .witness proceeding ,said the arm was burnt and she applied olive oil and linseed oil. they did not seem to be deep wounds and witness thought the child was going on well, when the dedc was worse onsaturday witness advised that the doctor be sent for and the mother went ,shewhent to the local surgery in whitwick .Dr Archibald,Assisntant to Dr Hamilton ,said that as a rule the whitwick hours of Attendance were 12 to one ,but they could not always be there at those hours .the first he heard of this case was at the Coalville surgery in the evening, he believed a wowan came up .it was about 9,o clock when he went down,immediatly the surgery business was over.he found the right hand and arm rather badly burnt.the upper part of the arm was not so badly injured as the lower part ,but the child was suffering from septic pneumonia when he arrived,that being a coomon consquence on burns ,the earlier dressings were properly done and the child was wrapped up in warm blankets and having warn drinks . every thing possible that could be done seemed to have been done for the child .Death was due to pneumonia from the shock due to the burn shad the child lived the right hand would prbably have had to be amputated and possibly the forearm as well.
the coroner as bad as that
Dr Acrhibald :yes
the coroner said he was glad to notice the whole of the facts seemed topoint to proper precautions being taken.the parenets had provided a fire guard and the mother wnet to her mothers to fetch the shirt while the children were out . the child took advantage of the mothers absence to play with fire as children some times would ,and afater the dec gotm onfire every thing possible seemed to have been done .then when the condition of the child gave rise for uneasiness they at once sent for the doctor.he had nothing to say on the conduct of the parents in the case except of commendation they did all theycould .the only thing have been done was the putting ofwire netting inside the guard ,but it was easy to be wise after the event
the jury returned verdit of death from pneumonia consequent on burning injuries accidently received .
Danone
