Mrs. Patrick Rooney's Fiery Death (sources)

• PRIMARY SOURCE: “A Case of Spontaneous Combustion in Man,“ by Floyd Clendenin, article in the Therapeutic Gazette, Third Series, Vol. V, No. 6, June 15, 1889 USA. Pg. 387-388. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=u1U_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA387&dq=%22which+came+under+my+observation+while+coroner+of+La+Salle+County,+lllinois%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=orAtVeLbM8e5ogTE1oHYCA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22which%20came%20under%20my%20observation%20while%20coroner%20of%20La%20Salle%20County%2C%20lllinois%22&f=false

Mentions & Repeaters

• Charles Berlitz’s World of the Incredible but True, by Charles Berlitz, 1991 Ballantine Books.
• “Did woman just burst into flames?,” by Tom Zito (The Washington Post), Article in the Anchorage Daily News, newspaper of Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Sunday, August 8, 1982, Pgs. A-1,A-12. Online at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GtMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e58FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6030,3057692&dq=phyllis-newcombe&hl=en
• Mysterious Fires and Lights, by Vincent H. Gaddis, August 1968 Dell Publishing Co., Inc, New York, NY, USA. Pg. 185-186.
• Mysteries of the Unexplained, 1982 Reader’s Digest Association, ISBN: 0-89577-146-2. Pg. 84
• Secrets of the Supernatural, Joe Nickell (with John F. Fischer), 1988 Prometheus Books. ISBN: 0879756853, 9780879756857. Pg. 166
• Spontaneous Human Combustion, by Jenny Randles and Peter Hough, 2007 Robert Hale Limited (first published in 1992). ISBN: 978-0-7090-8402-0. Pg. 195-196.
• “Woman catches fire on street,” article in The Citizen, newspaper of Ottawa, Friday, August 6, 1982. Pg. 6. Online at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DeVfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7O4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5870,1540559&dq=phyllis-newcombe&hl=en