Virginian-Pilot Tuesday, Dec 25, 1906 Norfolk, VA Page: 1
2 Mothers and 2 Little Ones Die In Fire
Family Reunion For Christmas Terminated by Horrible Holacaust In Back Bay Section Of Princess Anne Co.
Husbands of Both Women Escaped
Two mothers and their children, a boy and a girl, were burned to death at the home of William Grimstead, near Back Bay, in Princess Anne County, Sunday night.
The dead are Mrs. R. Samuel Poyner and little girl, and Mrs. William Grimstead and little boy. Mrs. Grimstead and Mrs. Poyner, sisters before their marriages were Misses Charlton, and they were on a visit to their old home in the county when they met such a horrible death.
The husbands of the two women were asleep in the same house at the time, but managed to escape, but not before they had a close call from death. Mrs. Poyner and Mrs. Grimstead slept together with the children.
It is not known just how the house caught fire. It is believed, however, that the fire started in the room occupied by the four who perished in the flames. Mrs. Poyner only arrived at the Grimstead home Sunday evening and three hours after they reached the palace they were burned to death. Mrs. Poyner, with her little girl, had been on a visit to W. A. Poyner, a brother of her husband and had come to the Grimstead home to spend Christmas with her sister.
Edward W. Poyner, a member of the police force of Norfolk, and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Poyner, said yesterday that he did not know how such a terrible accident occurred.
"I had just learned of it," he said, "and I hardly know what to say."
"I understand that there was a lighted lamp in the room occupied by my brother's wife and child and her sister and child. I do not know whether the lamp exploded or whether they had a stove in the room and the fire was caused that way."
"I have just received a letter from my brother and I am going down there tomorrow."
The home of the Grimsteads is situated in the Back Bay section of Princess Anne County, remote from telephone and telegraph communications, which makes it difficult to secure accurate details of the horrible affair. The nearest person to the scene of the fire is Dr. T. B. Luxford, who lives nine miles from Back Bay. He stated yesterday that he did not know any of the particulars.
2 Mothers and 2 Little Ones Die In Fire
Family Reunion For Christmas Terminated by Horrible Holacaust In Back Bay Section Of Princess Anne Co.
Husbands of Both Women Escaped
Two mothers and their children, a boy and a girl, were burned to death at the home of William Grimstead, near Back Bay, in Princess Anne County, Sunday night.
The dead are Mrs. R. Samuel Poyner and little girl, and Mrs. William Grimstead and little boy. Mrs. Grimstead and Mrs. Poyner, sisters before their marriages were Misses Charlton, and they were on a visit to their old home in the county when they met such a horrible death.
The husbands of the two women were asleep in the same house at the time, but managed to escape, but not before they had a close call from death. Mrs. Poyner and Mrs. Grimstead slept together with the children.
It is not known just how the house caught fire. It is believed, however, that the fire started in the room occupied by the four who perished in the flames. Mrs. Poyner only arrived at the Grimstead home Sunday evening and three hours after they reached the palace they were burned to death. Mrs. Poyner, with her little girl, had been on a visit to W. A. Poyner, a brother of her husband and had come to the Grimstead home to spend Christmas with her sister.
Edward W. Poyner, a member of the police force of Norfolk, and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Poyner, said yesterday that he did not know how such a terrible accident occurred.
"I had just learned of it," he said, "and I hardly know what to say."
"I understand that there was a lighted lamp in the room occupied by my brother's wife and child and her sister and child. I do not know whether the lamp exploded or whether they had a stove in the room and the fire was caused that way."
"I have just received a letter from my brother and I am going down there tomorrow."
The home of the Grimsteads is situated in the Back Bay section of Princess Anne County, remote from telephone and telegraph communications, which makes it difficult to secure accurate details of the horrible affair. The nearest person to the scene of the fire is Dr. T. B. Luxford, who lives nine miles from Back Bay. He stated yesterday that he did not know any of the particulars.
Virginian-Pilot Tuesday, Dec 25, 1906 Norfolk, VA Page: 1
2 Mothers and 2 Little Ones Die In Fire
Family Reunion For Christmas Terminated by Horrible Holacaust In Back Bay Section Of Princess Anne Co.
Husbands of Both Women Escaped
Two mothers and their children, a boy and a girl, were burned to death at the home of William Grimstead, near Back Bay, in Princess Anne County, Sunday night.
The dead are Mrs. R. Samuel Poyner and little girl, and Mrs. William Grimstead and little boy. Mrs. Grimstead and Mrs. Poyner, sisters before their marriages were Misses Charlton, and they were on a visit to their old home in the county when they met such a horrible death.
The husbands of the two women were asleep in the same house at the time, but managed to escape, but not before they had a close call from death. Mrs. Poyner and Mrs. Grimstead slept together with the children.
It is not known just how the house caught fire. It is believed, however, that the fire started in the room occupied by the four who perished in the flames. Mrs. Poyner only arrived at the Grimstead home Sunday evening and three hours after they reached the palace they were burned to death. Mrs. Poyner, with her little girl, had been on a visit to W. A. Poyner, a brother of her husband and had come to the Grimstead home to spend Christmas with her sister.
Edward W. Poyner, a member of the police force of Norfolk, and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Poyner, said yesterday that he did not know how such a terrible accident occurred.
"I had just learned of it," he said, "and I hardly know what to say."
"I understand that there was a lighted lamp in the room occupied by my brother's wife and child and her sister and child. I do not know whether the lamp exploded or whether they had a stove in the room and the fire was caused that way."
"I have just received a letter from my brother and I am going down there tomorrow."
The home of the Grimsteads is situated in the Back Bay section of Princess Anne County, remote from telephone and telegraph communications, which makes it difficult to secure accurate details of the horrible affair. The nearest person to the scene of the fire is Dr. T. B. Luxford, who lives nine miles from Back Bay. He stated yesterday that he did not know any of the particulars.
2 Mothers and 2 Little Ones Die In Fire
Family Reunion For Christmas Terminated by Horrible Holacaust In Back Bay Section Of Princess Anne Co.
Husbands of Both Women Escaped
Two mothers and their children, a boy and a girl, were burned to death at the home of William Grimstead, near Back Bay, in Princess Anne County, Sunday night.
The dead are Mrs. R. Samuel Poyner and little girl, and Mrs. William Grimstead and little boy. Mrs. Grimstead and Mrs. Poyner, sisters before their marriages were Misses Charlton, and they were on a visit to their old home in the county when they met such a horrible death.
The husbands of the two women were asleep in the same house at the time, but managed to escape, but not before they had a close call from death. Mrs. Poyner and Mrs. Grimstead slept together with the children.
It is not known just how the house caught fire. It is believed, however, that the fire started in the room occupied by the four who perished in the flames. Mrs. Poyner only arrived at the Grimstead home Sunday evening and three hours after they reached the palace they were burned to death. Mrs. Poyner, with her little girl, had been on a visit to W. A. Poyner, a brother of her husband and had come to the Grimstead home to spend Christmas with her sister.
Edward W. Poyner, a member of the police force of Norfolk, and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Poyner, said yesterday that he did not know how such a terrible accident occurred.
"I had just learned of it," he said, "and I hardly know what to say."
"I understand that there was a lighted lamp in the room occupied by my brother's wife and child and her sister and child. I do not know whether the lamp exploded or whether they had a stove in the room and the fire was caused that way."
"I have just received a letter from my brother and I am going down there tomorrow."
The home of the Grimsteads is situated in the Back Bay section of Princess Anne County, remote from telephone and telegraph communications, which makes it difficult to secure accurate details of the horrible affair. The nearest person to the scene of the fire is Dr. T. B. Luxford, who lives nine miles from Back Bay. He stated yesterday that he did not know any of the particulars.
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