Margaret E. Newell died attempting to save Ida M. Planes from burning, Victoria, British Columbia, January 17, 1984. Mrs. Planes, 92, was in a second-floor bedroom of her daughter’s house when fire broke out downstairs. Mrs. Newell, 57, companion, who had arrived earlier to care for Mrs. Planes, went upstairs to assist her out of the smoke-filled house. The two women were seen in an upstairs hall approaching a second-floor exit. Fire conditions worsened; the women’s bodies were later recovered in Mrs. Planes’ bedroom. 60290-6966
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