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Boy Fire Tragedy Claims Knox and Wheeler Children
In Springfield on November 4 a small fire in the Knox home at 24 Grace street killed eight year old Harry Wheeler and six year old Robert Wheeler who built a fireproof cell and perished inside. Ten year old William Knox, son of the homeowner, lay critically burned in Springfield Hospital. Neighbors aided as the blaze trapped the trio, escape blocked by a locked exit and surrounding flames.
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