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Tragedy in Tinley Park Leaves Family of Eight Dead
Neighbors recall the night a fire killed Mrs. Josephine Shine and six children in Tinley Park. Firefighters resisted entry as smoke thickened. victims were taken to South Suburban hospital in Hazel Crest. Memorials and church services followed amid community shock.
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Tinley
Josephine Shine
Stephen
Salvation Army Church
Chicago
Shine House
Jack O’connell
Genevieve O'Connell
O’connells
O’connell
Shine
South Suburban
Hazel Crest
Thomas Shine
Alsip
Salvation Army
113Th Street
Central Park Avenue
Richard
Stephen Strommer
Central Junior High School
Tinley Park
Edward Shaffer
West
Carlsbad Drive
Ben Chin