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Baltimore Fire Claims Eight Family Members In City Row House
A predawn blaze in a three story row house in Baltimore killed eight related occupants, six children among them, including all of Mrs. Rosalee Gains’s children except Arika Cooper. Investigators probe possible arson as the stairway and floors collapsed. A second boarding house fire nearby injured one critically and left three dead.
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