Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-21 | Page 1 | Seven in Family Burned to Death

SEVEN VIN I BU N TO DEATH Neighbors N Discover House Housein in Flames Believe Occupants Oc Absent EL DORADO Kan April 21 AP Seven members of the William F. F family were burned t to death at t their farm home twenty miles northwest of El EI Dorado last night The blaze of unknown origin occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc about 8 3 o'clock but the bodies were not discovered until midnight as neighbors who were attracted to the fire at first believed the family had left home for the evening Owen Ow n 17 was the only member of the family who escaped death He had driven the family Continued on page 5 SEVEN IN IN-i IN FAMILY AMILY MILY I BURNED TO DEATH I S Continued from page 1 1 10 car to Florence to attend a motion picture show William WilHam P P. 45 Elsie Elsio 41 his hI wife 1 Five I e of their ch children Dolo thy 16 Ralph 14 Hugh 10 Edith 8 and Herbert 6 The house a a. two-story two frame structure was burned burne to the ground I All An the bodies were found in the kitchen I CORONERS CORONER'S JURY CALLED i A A. coroners coroner's jury was was hn impaneled this morning and an inquest probably ably will be held The seven bodies were taken to an und undertaking es establIshment establishment es- es in Newton County authorities preparing to tomake tomake make a thorough Investigation I faced a a. mystery as they trie to discover a possible explanation of the fires fire's origin There was no gas as stove and no oil stove used in lh inthe inthe the house but the home was lighted by kerosene l lamps they learned 11 fry by questioning Owen the the only ing member of oC the tho family Vernon Kehr a youth living In the neighborhood was the first to discover discover discover dis dis- dis- dis cover the fire and the first to reach the scene about a quarter mile from the time main highway SEVEN BODIES FOUND When discovered the fire had gained too much headway for neighbors to o fight it successfully Looking in the garage and amid seeing the car was gone the neighbors supposed the were vere vf Visiting a nearby town Later when none returned they Investigated and found the seven se charred bodies those of the mother and children close chose together in one ne end o of the kitchen and that of or the time father boIng ly lying lying ly- ly ing in the ruins of ot the outside doorway JERSEY CITY N. N J. J April 2 21 AP One AP-One One man was fatally burned and another died of ot suffocation in iii a n fire on th Jersey Cay City Waterfront waterfront waterfront wa wa- early today The rhe lime fire burned out a story four-story drug warehouse ware ware- are are- house owned by H. H hilliers hillier's Son company and damaged three adjoInIng adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining buildings on Hudson including th the Hotel Winton A mother and daughter and nd two men all alI roomers in the hotel v were ere carried down firo fire escapes escapee by police pollee and firemen wh when n flames in the hallways hallwa s 's cut off oft th their ir escape Sr Several Sew Sev Oral eral r l others escaped down the time lire Uro escapes unassisted