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Weekend Fire Toll Across Nations Reaches Forty Two Dead
Across the weekend at least 42 people died in fires from Illinois to Maryland and California. Suburban Chicago mother Josephine Shine, 38, and five children perished in Tinley Park, with her police detective husband Thomas away at work. Other victims included a Reading Center family, an Omaha couple, a Pittsburgh area father and two children, a Maryland rowhouse family, a Philadelphia couple, and several California and Tennessee deaths linked to smoke and toxic fumes from burning plastics and furniture.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Omaha
Neb
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Tenn
Philadelphia
Tinley Park
Josephine Shine
Bonnie
Schuyler Hospital
Montour Falls
William Rasmussen
California
San Joaquin Valley
Andrea Adams
Ruth Mary Adams
James F. Adams Jr
Seaford
Del
Andrea
Francine M. Gasper
Mrs. Gasper
Thomas Gasper Jr
Gasper
Maryland
Baltimore
Washington
Rockville
Bethesda
Crystal Lawler
Andre
Jerimias Dwyer
Susan Woding
Jose Campos
Philadelpha
Jacqueline Fields
Joseph
Mercy Catholic