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Tragic burns claim Botna man after field fire
Marion McConnell of Botna suffered third degree burns when his clothing caught fire while burning debris in a field. He drove a tractor home half a mile before hospital staff treated him. he died several hours later. Glen Rounds of Hawarden barely escaped severe injury after grabbing a high line cable, aided by gloves and boots. Two Milwaukee Railroad workers, Ernie Fridley and Marvin Lee, helped public relations by extinguishing a fire in a breeder house near Strawberry Point before major damage occurred.
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Marion McConnell
Botna
Glen Rounds
Hawarden
Milwaukee Railroad
Ernie Fridley
Marvin Lee
Strawberry Point