OBIT: Sarah REED, 1889, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Died of Her Injuries.

  Mrs. Sarah Reed, wife of George Reed, the woman who was so seriously burned 
at 12 o'clock on Tuesday night and who was subsequently taken to the 
hospital, died at twenty-five minutes after 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.  
Coroner Glenn was notified and proceeded to the hospital where he empanelled 
the following jury: D. K. Howe, C. W. Miller, W. W. Trout, James McKee, Jacob 
Klink and J. Arthur.  After viewing the remains and taking testimony, the 
jury adjourned.
  The verdict of the coroner's jury on the body of Mrs. Sarah Reed was "that 
death was caused by her taking fire in some manner unknown to the jury, but 
we believe it to be her own carelessness from the excessive smoking of a pipe 
and the use of intoxicants."

Altoona Tribune, March 21, 1889