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Show j Washington Child Burns When Home I 0s Fire Early Wednesday Evening i ' odjjr Children Wakened ! Bv Heat Of Fire Attempt J Fire Out When J parents Arrive ,-sproul, 6 year old daughter ! vr'and Mrs. Denzel Sproul of yton was burned to death t when their home caught I m the early evening. ! 'f .j, her at the time were her r and sister ages 8 and 9. ' .."pvo older children had gone :-:KP outside about twenty ' '..'from the house. They were ! Evened by the heat from the i.r'fle children report that they I :Vrapted to open the door of the 1 -;ng house, but were unable ! "jso. They then carried water 1 'a "a ditch in buckets in an ! -rt to quench the fire, but this failed. ' '".e body of the child was dis- ,rej by her parents at about ' a last night when they re- '-A from a trip to Hurricane , 2t they had gone with a load I -sain that afternoon and didn't I '-'back until late. When they ar- -alhome they found the home ::.sletely burned and their ' i.jhter dead. Fire was thought : Restarted from a lamp which 1 j; chOdren lighted at dark. It ! their belief that the fire 1 ;;ht have been too close to the 2 and started the wall paper ::ire. tl Sheriff Prince ! Then they found the home ' ied and their daughter burned :ey came to (3t George for M Antone Prince, who im--ilately went to the fire. He as-! A in recovering the body. I ; David Bradshaw, who herds tur-1 , : for Mr. Sproul, slept through ; fire without being awakened :il it was too late. His sleeping ' iters are about 100 yards away, Sriff Prince said. Mai Services Funeral Services are being held ' ay in Washington. She will be ried in the Washington Htery. |