November 23, 1945, Benton County Enterprise
An overturned coal oil lamp is believed to have started the fire which claimed the life of an 81 year old West Lindsey township retired farmer last Thursday night.
The body of Joseph P. Lambert was burned beyond recognition when a small cabin he occupied five miles north of Warsaw was completely destroyed by fire. . . . . .
Scene of the tragedy was visited Friday morning by Coroner T. B. Reser, Prosecuting Attorney F. M. Brady, Sheriff Harrison Eaton and Deputy Lem Bird.
Contents of the cabin with the exception of a stove and an iron bed had been reduced to ashes. The charred body was in a kneeling position at the side of the bed with the left arm resting on the rail.
Position of the body indicated that the elderly man had attempted to reach the door but had probably fallen.
The deceased had been in very frail health for three years. He could walk only a very short distance and used a cane. Several times a day, Mr. Lambert said, he would walk to the house.
Coroner Reser gave a verdict of accidental death.
An overturned coal oil lamp is believed to have started the fire which claimed the life of an 81 year old West Lindsey township retired farmer last Thursday night.
The body of Joseph P. Lambert was burned beyond recognition when a small cabin he occupied five miles north of Warsaw was completely destroyed by fire. . . . . .
Scene of the tragedy was visited Friday morning by Coroner T. B. Reser, Prosecuting Attorney F. M. Brady, Sheriff Harrison Eaton and Deputy Lem Bird.
Contents of the cabin with the exception of a stove and an iron bed had been reduced to ashes. The charred body was in a kneeling position at the side of the bed with the left arm resting on the rail.
Position of the body indicated that the elderly man had attempted to reach the door but had probably fallen.
The deceased had been in very frail health for three years. He could walk only a very short distance and used a cane. Several times a day, Mr. Lambert said, he would walk to the house.
Coroner Reser gave a verdict of accidental death.
November 23, 1945, Benton County Enterprise
An overturned coal oil lamp is believed to have started the fire which claimed the life of an 81 year old West Lindsey township retired farmer last Thursday night.
The body of Joseph P. Lambert was burned beyond recognition when a small cabin he occupied five miles north of Warsaw was completely destroyed by fire. . . . . .
Scene of the tragedy was visited Friday morning by Coroner T. B. Reser, Prosecuting Attorney F. M. Brady, Sheriff Harrison Eaton and Deputy Lem Bird.
Contents of the cabin with the exception of a stove and an iron bed had been reduced to ashes. The charred body was in a kneeling position at the side of the bed with the left arm resting on the rail.
Position of the body indicated that the elderly man had attempted to reach the door but had probably fallen.
The deceased had been in very frail health for three years. He could walk only a very short distance and used a cane. Several times a day, Mr. Lambert said, he would walk to the house.
Coroner Reser gave a verdict of accidental death.
An overturned coal oil lamp is believed to have started the fire which claimed the life of an 81 year old West Lindsey township retired farmer last Thursday night.
The body of Joseph P. Lambert was burned beyond recognition when a small cabin he occupied five miles north of Warsaw was completely destroyed by fire. . . . . .
Scene of the tragedy was visited Friday morning by Coroner T. B. Reser, Prosecuting Attorney F. M. Brady, Sheriff Harrison Eaton and Deputy Lem Bird.
Contents of the cabin with the exception of a stove and an iron bed had been reduced to ashes. The charred body was in a kneeling position at the side of the bed with the left arm resting on the rail.
Position of the body indicated that the elderly man had attempted to reach the door but had probably fallen.
The deceased had been in very frail health for three years. He could walk only a very short distance and used a cane. Several times a day, Mr. Lambert said, he would walk to the house.
Coroner Reser gave a verdict of accidental death.
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