EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY 30TH DECEMBER 1961
WOMAN INJURED BY EXPLOSION IN FIFE HOUSE
Mrs Gwendoline Redwood (22) who was injured in an explosion in her home in Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, yesterday, was stated today to be satisfactory in Bangour Hospital.
The explosion occurred after Mrs Redwood and her husband, a leading seaman aboard the submarine Thermopylae, at Rosyth, returned to their home in Main Street, Cairneyhill, yesterday morning after their Christmas holiday in the south.
Mr Redwood went straight to his ship, and Mrs Redwood lit the fires in the living room and bedroom. Shortly afterwards, the whole fireplace in the living room was blown out and Mrs Redwood received the full blast.
Mrs Redwood, her face covered with soot and blood, ran out of the house and stumbled into a neighbour’s home. She was taken by ambulance to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital and later transferred to Bangour.
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