Brazil man dies as clothes ignite in stove fire
BRAZIL TM Steven R Drew 78 blind of Brazil suffocated early today when his clothes caught fire while he was putting paper in a stove. Appanoose County authorities said the accident occurred.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1968
Page
10
BRAZIL TM Steven R Drew 78 blind of Brazil suffocated early today when his clothes caught fire while he was putting paper in a stove. Appanoose County authorities said the accident occurred.
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