Do you remember the song "Here Comes Suzy Snowflake?"
My older sister changed some of the lyrics like: "Look at them tumbling down,
she bumped her head on the window pane, and then she hit the ground!" ooh ooh
Our(my parents) first house had coal I think at some point they replaced it with a gas furnace. All I remember was - the house was filled with smoke and my mother made my father come home from work to deal with it.
My mother had a strong tendency for hysteria- often. I think that was a catalyst for my anxiety. She opened up my child world to many more bad things that could happen and needed worrying about.