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FATHER BURNED - 2
which the family had used the night before -- but he
iP got up for a look, just to be sure. Peoples said
when he opened the bedroom door, furnrace-like heat
struck him in the face -- flames were everywhere in
the living room of the split-level home. Peoples
ran to the children's room, but by the time he gota them up the hallway was filled with fire.
He made a
running dive through the bedroom window, through
which the youngsters, Carla and Dorrell, slipped. outto safety.
Mrs. People's mother escaped the house
with only minor burns.
"TTY STANDING
The 30-thousand dollar home,
situated pn five-acres in the Bear Creek community,
is co-nte-d a total loss.
Assistant >llas county fire arshal John ?Bement
+ cvce to thesays the fire seems to have started
fireplace.
The fire marshal's office ruts the total
loss at 50-thousand dollars, indaudirig some two-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Father burned], script, November 29, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862358/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.