1954 — Jan 4, Residential Home Fire, 5 Children Die, Oglethorpe, GA — 5

— 5 Assoc. Press. “Flash Fire Kills Five Children.” Beatrice Daily Sun, NE. 1-5-1954, p. 2.
— 5 Progress-Index, Petersburg, VA. “5 Children Perish in Home Flash Fire.” 1-5-1954, 1.

Narrative Information

Jan 5: “Oglethorpe, Ga. (AP) – A flash fire of undetermined origin burned to death five children here late Monday night [Jan 4] while their parents were visiting nearby. Oglethorpe Fire Department officials said the father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Lee Walker were visiting at a party next door. When the father returned to the house to get a package of cigarettes and opened the door he was met by flames from the inside of the frame dwelling. The dead children were listed as Emmet Lee Walker, 16; Wynell, 15; Marvin Fitzhugh, 13; Aaron Trautman, 10, and Rubel, 12.” (Associated Press. “Flash Fire Kills Five Children.” Beatrice Daily Sun, NE. 1-5-1954, p. 2.)

Sources

Associated Press. “Flash Fire Kills Five Children.” Beatrice Daily Sun, NE.1-5-1954, p. 2. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=139663015&sterm=oglethorpe

Progress-Index, Petersburg, VA. “5 Children Perish in Home Flash Fire.” 1-5-1954, 1. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=95388579&sterm=oglethorpe