Dora Florence Loyall Durham was a daughter of William Joseph Loyall (1890-1971) and his first wife, Mary Milby who died when Dora was 3 years of age.
(added by Russell Perkins)
Seven members of the same family were burned to death Monday night in one of the most tragic fires ever to strike Taylor County. Walter Lee (Bob) Durham, 31, his wife, and four of his five children died in flames which destroyed their home near Mac, Ky., about 7:30 p.m. Mr. Durham's uncle, 64-year-old Lee Durham of Louisville, also died of burns received in the fire. Only one member of the immediate family to survive was the oldest daughter, Violet May, 10, who was visiting her grandmother, Mrs. George Henry (Lizzie) Durham, on the same farm. The Bob Durham home, a four-room frame structure, was burned to the ground. It was located about 2 miles out of Mac, just beyond Judge Webster's home. The mother, Mrs. Walter Lee Durham, 31, told the story of the fatal explosion and attempts to rescue her baby, to Dr. W. W. Shepherd as she lay dying early Tuesday morning at the Rosary Hospital. She was the former Dora Loyall of Summersville, Green County. A can of farm tractor gasoline caused the explosion when Bob Durham picked it up and poured the contents in a coal stove, trying to revive a dying fire. The stove, of sheet-iron, was blown apart. The room was enveloped in flames and the father was covered with the burning gasoline. The three boys in the family were trapped in an adjoining bedroom where they had just been put to bed. They and their father died in the flames. The boys were Walter Ray Durham, 8, Jimmy Lewis Durham, 5, and Russell Durham, 3. Mrs. Durham and the uncle, who had just arrived for a visit, were closer to the door. Mrs. Durham snatched up the baby, Carolyn Durham, 18 months, and shoved her out the door. Then she and Lee Durham ran outside. As she battled with her flaming clothing, about to put it out, she saw the baby crawling back into the burning building. She ran after it. Lee Durham saw her return to the building and ran after her. Until now, he had escaped the flames. But after he saw the mother fall and managed to get she and the baby outside again, both his own clothers and those of Mrs. Durham were on fire. They ran all the way to the grandmother's house, a distance of about 150 yards. The mother was barefooted and by the time they reached there, all of the clothes had been burned from her body. The uncle collapsed. He recently had been treated at St. Joseph Hospital, Louisville, for a lung ailment. There was no telephone at the grandmother's house and it was an hour before neighbors could be reached to send a jeep here for an ambulance. The Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home ambulance brought the uncle, mother and baby into the hospital. Dr. Shepherd said Lee Durham and Mrs. Durham's bodies were 90 percent covered with third-degree burns. The uncle died an hour after arrival at the hospital. Mrs. Durham died 15 minutes later, and the baby, although not burned, shortly thereafter. The doctor said the baby succumbed to pulmonary edema from swallowing flames. The grandmother suffered a heart attack after the tragedy. At an inquest held here Tuesday by Deputy Coroner Parrott, it was stated that members of the family died trying to save each other. In addition to his mother and daughter, Bob Durham is survived by three brothers, T. E. Durham, Campbellsville, and John and Paul Durham of Mac, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth DeSpain of Mac. Mrs. Durham leaves her father, W. J. Loyall, and step-mother, Mrs. Loyall, Summersville; brothers, W. L. Loyall and William C. Loyall, Summersville, and a sister, Mrs. Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Lee Durham, who was retired, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Durham; a daughter, Mrs. Ed Hensley, Louisville, and son, Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Funeral services for Bob Durham and the five members of his family were held at 10 a.m. yesterday at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home. Burial was in the Saloma Cemetery. Services for Lee Durham will be held at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, at the John Moss & Brothers Funeral Home, Louisville. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery there. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, February 10, 1949
(added by Russell Perkins)
Seven members of the same family were burned to death Monday night in one of the most tragic fires ever to strike Taylor County. Walter Lee (Bob) Durham, 31, his wife, and four of his five children died in flames which destroyed their home near Mac, Ky., about 7:30 p.m. Mr. Durham's uncle, 64-year-old Lee Durham of Louisville, also died of burns received in the fire. Only one member of the immediate family to survive was the oldest daughter, Violet May, 10, who was visiting her grandmother, Mrs. George Henry (Lizzie) Durham, on the same farm. The Bob Durham home, a four-room frame structure, was burned to the ground. It was located about 2 miles out of Mac, just beyond Judge Webster's home. The mother, Mrs. Walter Lee Durham, 31, told the story of the fatal explosion and attempts to rescue her baby, to Dr. W. W. Shepherd as she lay dying early Tuesday morning at the Rosary Hospital. She was the former Dora Loyall of Summersville, Green County. A can of farm tractor gasoline caused the explosion when Bob Durham picked it up and poured the contents in a coal stove, trying to revive a dying fire. The stove, of sheet-iron, was blown apart. The room was enveloped in flames and the father was covered with the burning gasoline. The three boys in the family were trapped in an adjoining bedroom where they had just been put to bed. They and their father died in the flames. The boys were Walter Ray Durham, 8, Jimmy Lewis Durham, 5, and Russell Durham, 3. Mrs. Durham and the uncle, who had just arrived for a visit, were closer to the door. Mrs. Durham snatched up the baby, Carolyn Durham, 18 months, and shoved her out the door. Then she and Lee Durham ran outside. As she battled with her flaming clothing, about to put it out, she saw the baby crawling back into the burning building. She ran after it. Lee Durham saw her return to the building and ran after her. Until now, he had escaped the flames. But after he saw the mother fall and managed to get she and the baby outside again, both his own clothers and those of Mrs. Durham were on fire. They ran all the way to the grandmother's house, a distance of about 150 yards. The mother was barefooted and by the time they reached there, all of the clothes had been burned from her body. The uncle collapsed. He recently had been treated at St. Joseph Hospital, Louisville, for a lung ailment. There was no telephone at the grandmother's house and it was an hour before neighbors could be reached to send a jeep here for an ambulance. The Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home ambulance brought the uncle, mother and baby into the hospital. Dr. Shepherd said Lee Durham and Mrs. Durham's bodies were 90 percent covered with third-degree burns. The uncle died an hour after arrival at the hospital. Mrs. Durham died 15 minutes later, and the baby, although not burned, shortly thereafter. The doctor said the baby succumbed to pulmonary edema from swallowing flames. The grandmother suffered a heart attack after the tragedy. At an inquest held here Tuesday by Deputy Coroner Parrott, it was stated that members of the family died trying to save each other. In addition to his mother and daughter, Bob Durham is survived by three brothers, T. E. Durham, Campbellsville, and John and Paul Durham of Mac, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth DeSpain of Mac. Mrs. Durham leaves her father, W. J. Loyall, and step-mother, Mrs. Loyall, Summersville; brothers, W. L. Loyall and William C. Loyall, Summersville, and a sister, Mrs. Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Lee Durham, who was retired, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Durham; a daughter, Mrs. Ed Hensley, Louisville, and son, Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Funeral services for Bob Durham and the five members of his family were held at 10 a.m. yesterday at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home. Burial was in the Saloma Cemetery. Services for Lee Durham will be held at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, at the John Moss & Brothers Funeral Home, Louisville. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery there. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, February 10, 1949
Dora Florence Loyall Durham was a daughter of William Joseph Loyall (1890-1971) and his first wife, Mary Milby who died when Dora was 3 years of age.
(added by Russell Perkins)
Seven members of the same family were burned to death Monday night in one of the most tragic fires ever to strike Taylor County. Walter Lee (Bob) Durham, 31, his wife, and four of his five children died in flames which destroyed their home near Mac, Ky., about 7:30 p.m. Mr. Durham's uncle, 64-year-old Lee Durham of Louisville, also died of burns received in the fire. Only one member of the immediate family to survive was the oldest daughter, Violet May, 10, who was visiting her grandmother, Mrs. George Henry (Lizzie) Durham, on the same farm. The Bob Durham home, a four-room frame structure, was burned to the ground. It was located about 2 miles out of Mac, just beyond Judge Webster's home. The mother, Mrs. Walter Lee Durham, 31, told the story of the fatal explosion and attempts to rescue her baby, to Dr. W. W. Shepherd as she lay dying early Tuesday morning at the Rosary Hospital. She was the former Dora Loyall of Summersville, Green County. A can of farm tractor gasoline caused the explosion when Bob Durham picked it up and poured the contents in a coal stove, trying to revive a dying fire. The stove, of sheet-iron, was blown apart. The room was enveloped in flames and the father was covered with the burning gasoline. The three boys in the family were trapped in an adjoining bedroom where they had just been put to bed. They and their father died in the flames. The boys were Walter Ray Durham, 8, Jimmy Lewis Durham, 5, and Russell Durham, 3. Mrs. Durham and the uncle, who had just arrived for a visit, were closer to the door. Mrs. Durham snatched up the baby, Carolyn Durham, 18 months, and shoved her out the door. Then she and Lee Durham ran outside. As she battled with her flaming clothing, about to put it out, she saw the baby crawling back into the burning building. She ran after it. Lee Durham saw her return to the building and ran after her. Until now, he had escaped the flames. But after he saw the mother fall and managed to get she and the baby outside again, both his own clothers and those of Mrs. Durham were on fire. They ran all the way to the grandmother's house, a distance of about 150 yards. The mother was barefooted and by the time they reached there, all of the clothes had been burned from her body. The uncle collapsed. He recently had been treated at St. Joseph Hospital, Louisville, for a lung ailment. There was no telephone at the grandmother's house and it was an hour before neighbors could be reached to send a jeep here for an ambulance. The Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home ambulance brought the uncle, mother and baby into the hospital. Dr. Shepherd said Lee Durham and Mrs. Durham's bodies were 90 percent covered with third-degree burns. The uncle died an hour after arrival at the hospital. Mrs. Durham died 15 minutes later, and the baby, although not burned, shortly thereafter. The doctor said the baby succumbed to pulmonary edema from swallowing flames. The grandmother suffered a heart attack after the tragedy. At an inquest held here Tuesday by Deputy Coroner Parrott, it was stated that members of the family died trying to save each other. In addition to his mother and daughter, Bob Durham is survived by three brothers, T. E. Durham, Campbellsville, and John and Paul Durham of Mac, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth DeSpain of Mac. Mrs. Durham leaves her father, W. J. Loyall, and step-mother, Mrs. Loyall, Summersville; brothers, W. L. Loyall and William C. Loyall, Summersville, and a sister, Mrs. Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Lee Durham, who was retired, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Durham; a daughter, Mrs. Ed Hensley, Louisville, and son, Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Funeral services for Bob Durham and the five members of his family were held at 10 a.m. yesterday at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home. Burial was in the Saloma Cemetery. Services for Lee Durham will be held at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, at the John Moss & Brothers Funeral Home, Louisville. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery there. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, February 10, 1949
(added by Russell Perkins)
Seven members of the same family were burned to death Monday night in one of the most tragic fires ever to strike Taylor County. Walter Lee (Bob) Durham, 31, his wife, and four of his five children died in flames which destroyed their home near Mac, Ky., about 7:30 p.m. Mr. Durham's uncle, 64-year-old Lee Durham of Louisville, also died of burns received in the fire. Only one member of the immediate family to survive was the oldest daughter, Violet May, 10, who was visiting her grandmother, Mrs. George Henry (Lizzie) Durham, on the same farm. The Bob Durham home, a four-room frame structure, was burned to the ground. It was located about 2 miles out of Mac, just beyond Judge Webster's home. The mother, Mrs. Walter Lee Durham, 31, told the story of the fatal explosion and attempts to rescue her baby, to Dr. W. W. Shepherd as she lay dying early Tuesday morning at the Rosary Hospital. She was the former Dora Loyall of Summersville, Green County. A can of farm tractor gasoline caused the explosion when Bob Durham picked it up and poured the contents in a coal stove, trying to revive a dying fire. The stove, of sheet-iron, was blown apart. The room was enveloped in flames and the father was covered with the burning gasoline. The three boys in the family were trapped in an adjoining bedroom where they had just been put to bed. They and their father died in the flames. The boys were Walter Ray Durham, 8, Jimmy Lewis Durham, 5, and Russell Durham, 3. Mrs. Durham and the uncle, who had just arrived for a visit, were closer to the door. Mrs. Durham snatched up the baby, Carolyn Durham, 18 months, and shoved her out the door. Then she and Lee Durham ran outside. As she battled with her flaming clothing, about to put it out, she saw the baby crawling back into the burning building. She ran after it. Lee Durham saw her return to the building and ran after her. Until now, he had escaped the flames. But after he saw the mother fall and managed to get she and the baby outside again, both his own clothers and those of Mrs. Durham were on fire. They ran all the way to the grandmother's house, a distance of about 150 yards. The mother was barefooted and by the time they reached there, all of the clothes had been burned from her body. The uncle collapsed. He recently had been treated at St. Joseph Hospital, Louisville, for a lung ailment. There was no telephone at the grandmother's house and it was an hour before neighbors could be reached to send a jeep here for an ambulance. The Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home ambulance brought the uncle, mother and baby into the hospital. Dr. Shepherd said Lee Durham and Mrs. Durham's bodies were 90 percent covered with third-degree burns. The uncle died an hour after arrival at the hospital. Mrs. Durham died 15 minutes later, and the baby, although not burned, shortly thereafter. The doctor said the baby succumbed to pulmonary edema from swallowing flames. The grandmother suffered a heart attack after the tragedy. At an inquest held here Tuesday by Deputy Coroner Parrott, it was stated that members of the family died trying to save each other. In addition to his mother and daughter, Bob Durham is survived by three brothers, T. E. Durham, Campbellsville, and John and Paul Durham of Mac, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth DeSpain of Mac. Mrs. Durham leaves her father, W. J. Loyall, and step-mother, Mrs. Loyall, Summersville; brothers, W. L. Loyall and William C. Loyall, Summersville, and a sister, Mrs. Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Lee Durham, who was retired, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Durham; a daughter, Mrs. Ed Hensley, Louisville, and son, Stephen Durham, Jeffersonville. Funeral services for Bob Durham and the five members of his family were held at 10 a.m. yesterday at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home. Burial was in the Saloma Cemetery. Services for Lee Durham will be held at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, at the John Moss & Brothers Funeral Home, Louisville. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery there. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, February 10, 1949
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