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Crabbe, New Hamburg, Ontario

Crabbe, New Hamburg, Ontario

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 11:22PM GMT
Classification: Death
23 July 1959 Tonawanda News
4 Die Awaiting Rescue From Fire
New Hamburg, Ont. (UPI) – Reports that four persons who died in an apartment fire had been ordered by firemen to wait to be rescued rather than jump and that a boy ran into the street screaming “I didn’t mean to do it” were expected today to lead to full-scale investigation.
Police Chief Fred Rogers said the boy was taken into custody and questioned Wednesday night. Because of his age, the boy’s name was not released.
The fire took the lives of Mrs. Fred Crabbe, 29; her son, Robert, 4; her daughter, Linda, 2, and a visitor to the Crabbe home, Mrs. Alice Mathews, 39, of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
All four were waiting to be rescued. They had been spotted at the window of the Crabbe apartment, but firemen shouted for them to stay where they were, rather than jump, until rescued.
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