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FIRE 1-1-1
A fire with more smoke than flames damages
Mcrory's Department store at 6305 Camp Bowie
', Nrm1on Fort Worth's westside e A u
There are no human injuries, but the death tollis high among birds, fish and hamsters in the
pet department. Before firemen could carryall the bird cages from the smoky building,
Eain several parakeets and cockatiels
suffocated.
FIREMEN WITH GAS MASKS
Firemen believe the blaze was caused by
defective wiring in the j aquarium system)and
say it probably smoldered for about seven hours
before a nightwatchman discovered the fire at
7:30 this morning. The actual fire was confined
to a small area of the store, but smoke and water
damaged a large part of the interior. A large
fish tank burst)leaving more than one-hundred
goldfish dead. Three hamsters also died in the3
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fire], script, July 21, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935934/m1/1/?q=%221961-07%22&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.