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slt;!) Small Oirls Die in (Kentucky Mission Fire IJackson, Ky., Oct. 8 lt;AP).—Nine small girls were burned to death early today in a fire which destroy* ed a frame dormitory building at a mission school in a remote section of Breathitt county.Twelve other little girls and six teachers at the mission which cares for orphan children in this eastern Kentucky mountain area escaped from the second iloor of the building where they were sleeping.One of the teachers, Miss Dessie j Scott, 24. of Washington, Pa., was so badly burned helping rescue the children that Dr. Frank Sewell, Breathitt county health officer, said she was not expected to live.Fred Puchee, 71, who with his i wife operated the mission, also suffered serious bums,The mission, located at Little, Ky.,a community on the Louisville andNashville railroad about 15 milessouth, is supported by voluntary |contributions ! ^elt;ate\amretfcrtrat
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Oct 08, 1940
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