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Probe Launched In 3 Fire Deaths
Worcester fire officials opened an investigation into three deaths after an apartment fire that claimed Martha Best 20 and her two infant sons James 1 and Ralph five months old. Cause not yet determined. husband James 21 had left after a prior assault charge was dismissed. In Springfield a mother saved two daughters and a son before collapsing. Jean 3 burned, Tina 5 rescued, seven month old son uninjured.
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Worcester
Mass
Martha Best
James
Ralph
Russell Street
Herbert Travers
Daniel Shimkus
Massachusetts Fire Marshal's Office
Edward J. Waters
Springfield
Calvin Gamble
Tina
Jean
Gamble
Mercy