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Purcell, OK House Fire, Mar 1933

Posted August 25th, 2008 by Linda Horton

Two Burn to Death In Fire at Purcell

OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., March 13 (AP)---Robert Wright, 2½-year-old son of Mrs. Carl Wright, living eighteen miles east of Purcell, was reported improving in St. Anthony's Hospital here Monday from burns received in a fire which took the life of his father, Carl Wright, 43, and June Keplinger, 40, Sunday night.

Mrs. Wright told hospital attendants the fire started when her husband entered the kitchen of their home, carrying a pail of gasoline and a lantern.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 14 Mar 1933

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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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