FATAL FIRE
BODY OF WOMAN FOUND The body of a woman believed to be .'hat <ot a retired nurse, Miss C. S. Capel, vt'as found at 451 Hereford street shortly after midnight on Thursday night by men of the Central Fire Brigade, who were called on to extinguish a fire that had broken out. The room in which Miss Capel had lived was locked from the inside when the brigade arrived, and when the door was forced the heat was too intense for entry to be made. Miss Capel was found lying on the floor. The fire destroyed the interior of the room and its contents.
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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24280, 10 June 1944, Page 6
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