J. P. J. Hagan, a well known and esteemed citizen of the Hastings district, was burned to death early Tuesday morning when fire destroyed his home on the Hastings-Daytona road.
As Mr. Hagan lived alone, the facts regarding the fire and its tragic results will probably never be known. The fire was noted at 3:30 o'clock in the morning by Mrs. Robshaw, a neighbor who lives about a quarter of a mile from the Hagan home. Mrs. Robshaw sent her son to the scene and phoned her brother, Carl Badger, and also the fire department. However, by the time anyone arrived at the house, the flames had made such headway that nothing could be saved. Several hours later, after the embers had cooled, the torso of the body of Mr. Hagan was found.
No inquest was deemed necessary, as all appearances pointed to the tragedy arising from an accident. Mr. Hagan, who suffered from fainting spells, lived alone, and it is believed that during the night he got up, lighted his lamp, and while walking about the house a spell suddenly came, the lamp falling and exploding, causing the fire.
Mr. Hagan was about 46 years of age, and was a native of Denmark. He had long resided in the Hastings section, where he owned desirable property. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and was highly esteemed by the entire community. He had never married, and so far as known, had no relatives in this country.
(Palatka Times-Herald, Friday, 18 Apr 1930)
As Mr. Hagan lived alone, the facts regarding the fire and its tragic results will probably never be known. The fire was noted at 3:30 o'clock in the morning by Mrs. Robshaw, a neighbor who lives about a quarter of a mile from the Hagan home. Mrs. Robshaw sent her son to the scene and phoned her brother, Carl Badger, and also the fire department. However, by the time anyone arrived at the house, the flames had made such headway that nothing could be saved. Several hours later, after the embers had cooled, the torso of the body of Mr. Hagan was found.
No inquest was deemed necessary, as all appearances pointed to the tragedy arising from an accident. Mr. Hagan, who suffered from fainting spells, lived alone, and it is believed that during the night he got up, lighted his lamp, and while walking about the house a spell suddenly came, the lamp falling and exploding, causing the fire.
Mr. Hagan was about 46 years of age, and was a native of Denmark. He had long resided in the Hastings section, where he owned desirable property. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and was highly esteemed by the entire community. He had never married, and so far as known, had no relatives in this country.
(Palatka Times-Herald, Friday, 18 Apr 1930)
J. P. J. Hagan, a well known and esteemed citizen of the Hastings district, was burned to death early Tuesday morning when fire destroyed his home on the Hastings-Daytona road.
As Mr. Hagan lived alone, the facts regarding the fire and its tragic results will probably never be known. The fire was noted at 3:30 o'clock in the morning by Mrs. Robshaw, a neighbor who lives about a quarter of a mile from the Hagan home. Mrs. Robshaw sent her son to the scene and phoned her brother, Carl Badger, and also the fire department. However, by the time anyone arrived at the house, the flames had made such headway that nothing could be saved. Several hours later, after the embers had cooled, the torso of the body of Mr. Hagan was found.
No inquest was deemed necessary, as all appearances pointed to the tragedy arising from an accident. Mr. Hagan, who suffered from fainting spells, lived alone, and it is believed that during the night he got up, lighted his lamp, and while walking about the house a spell suddenly came, the lamp falling and exploding, causing the fire.
Mr. Hagan was about 46 years of age, and was a native of Denmark. He had long resided in the Hastings section, where he owned desirable property. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and was highly esteemed by the entire community. He had never married, and so far as known, had no relatives in this country.
(Palatka Times-Herald, Friday, 18 Apr 1930)
As Mr. Hagan lived alone, the facts regarding the fire and its tragic results will probably never be known. The fire was noted at 3:30 o'clock in the morning by Mrs. Robshaw, a neighbor who lives about a quarter of a mile from the Hagan home. Mrs. Robshaw sent her son to the scene and phoned her brother, Carl Badger, and also the fire department. However, by the time anyone arrived at the house, the flames had made such headway that nothing could be saved. Several hours later, after the embers had cooled, the torso of the body of Mr. Hagan was found.
No inquest was deemed necessary, as all appearances pointed to the tragedy arising from an accident. Mr. Hagan, who suffered from fainting spells, lived alone, and it is believed that during the night he got up, lighted his lamp, and while walking about the house a spell suddenly came, the lamp falling and exploding, causing the fire.
Mr. Hagan was about 46 years of age, and was a native of Denmark. He had long resided in the Hastings section, where he owned desirable property. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and was highly esteemed by the entire community. He had never married, and so far as known, had no relatives in this country.
(Palatka Times-Herald, Friday, 18 Apr 1930)
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