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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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A fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hammond in Memphis, killing five: the parents, Mrs. Hammond's sister Kitty Kay (21), son Earl Junior (3), and unnamed infant daughter. The mother died shielding the baby from flames.
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MEMPHIS, March 17.-
Five persons were burned to death in a fire that destroyed a home in the residential section of Memphis early today.
The dead, the fire department reported, were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hammond, whose home was burned; Mrs. Hammond's Sister, Kitty Kay, 21; Earl Junior, three, and an infant girl, yet unnamed.
Neighbors said Mrs. Hammond recently returned from a hospital where the baby was born several days ago.
The baby apparently suffocated as the mother shielded its body from the flames.
She died with the baby in her arms.
The family was apparently trapped on the second floor.
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Memphis
Event Date
March 17
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five persons burned to death: mr. and mrs. earl hammond, kitty kay (21), earl junior (3), and unnamed infant girl. the baby suffocated while shielded by the mother.
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Five persons were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hammond in the residential section of Memphis early today. The family was apparently trapped on the second floor. Mrs. Hammond recently returned from a hospital where the baby was born several days ago. The baby apparently suffocated as the mother shielded its body from the flames. She died with the baby in her arms.