Elyria Fire Kills Couple in Hawthorne Street Blaze
A Saturday morning fire on Hawthorne Street in Elyria claims the lives of Dale Bolger, 68, and Constance Bolger, 62, due to smoke inhalation. Firefighters were alerted at 12 10 a m by neighbors who saw flames. Constance had been wheelchair bound from a medical condition.
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Hawthorne Street
Dale Bolger
Constance Bolger
Lorain County
Paul Matus
Matus
Peeple
Hawthorne St
Ron Brias
Easter Seals Founder Fueled by Elyria Streetcar Tragedy
The 1907 Middle Avenue trolley crash in Elyria killed nine and injured about 100, inspiring Edgar Daddy Allen to found Easter Seals in 1919. Allen, whose son Homer died in the wreck, sold his business and, with Rotarians, pushed to build a better equipped hospital and care for the disabled.
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Edgar “Daddy” Allen
Sary
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Homer
Middle Avenue
Homer Allen
Lorain couple charged with keeping kids in squalor
Tammie Kerns and Wilbur Kerns Jr were charged with child endangerment after police found animal waste rotting food and unsanitary conditions at their Lexington Avenue home. The 8-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl were unclean and wearing dirty clothes. children were placed with a relative.
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Tammie Kerns
Wilbur Kerns Jr
Kernses
Lexington Avenue
Lorain County Children Services
Children Services
Wilbur Kerns
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