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al- RocRwooa aria^re9 Little GirlsBurn To Deathc111now,stnd at h-ss-li- I MISS DESSIE SCOTT OF. WASHINGTON, PA., IS NOT EXPECTEDh- TO LIVE.JACKSON, Ky., Oct. 8—(/P)—Fire nd which destroyed a mountain mission c. t school in a remote section of Breath-of hitt county burned to death nine lit-tie girls early today. The children ran-ged in age from three to nine years.n- Two other persons were burned. One,Uy Miss Dessie Scott, of Washington, Pa., ed who had been teaching only a month,!J| is not expected to live,he The school, which is maintained by1 ! voluntary contributions, is at Little,‘ an eastern Kentucky mountain community of about 100 persons on the Louisville and Nashville railroad line about 15 miles south of Jackson. |yin The onlv means of communication is of a railroad telephone from there to[C~ the station here.Miss Scott is in a critical condition at a hospital from burns and injuries suffered attempting to rescue the children.rid Fred Pushee, 71, who with his wife rio operated the mission, also is suffering from burns and is in the Jackson hospital.rlt;wn:siaOsctilowS Fexaist
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Somerset Daily American
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Oct 09, 1940
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