Temple Woman

Dies in Blaze

Of Farm House

TROY – Mrs. C. A. (Ellen) Roming, 82, of Temple, died in a farm house fire about 4:45 a.m. Thursday after a rescue attempt by her daughter-in-law failed.

Seriously burned was Mrs. Edna Roming, who tried leading the victim to safety with a plank.

The blaze, followed by an explosion, is believed by Troy city marshal Joe Pitts to have started from butane gas fumes. The house, which had burned to the ground when Troy and Eddy fireman arrived, was located about five miles east of Eddy.

Mrs. Roming said she was awakened by the fire and rushed her two grandchildren to safety. Hearing her mother-in-law in a bedroom, Mrs. Roming knocked out a window with a plank.

She was attempting to get the victim to take the plank so she could be led to safety when the explosion occurred.

Flames shot through the window, giving Mrs. Roming second degree burns over her arms and face. She was in satisfactory condition Thursday night at King’s Daughters Hospital.

The victim’s body was later found inside the bedroom.

Although the fire occurred at Mrs. Roming’s farm residence, she lived at 811 N. 1^st St. in Temple.