P254 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                       For burnings at the stake, if the fire  was large (for instance, when a number  of prisoners were executed at the same  time), death often came from carbon  monoxide poisoning before flames  actually caused harm to the body. If  the fire was small, however, the  convict would burn for some time until  death from heatstroke, shock, the loss  of blood and/or simply the thermal  decomposition of vital body parts.     Next       Prev       Home        End