LIFE FOR CHILDREN
WOMAH TRAPPED BY FIRE Trapped with her two children in the upper room a blazing duelling,, Mrs Eleanor Reah, aged 35, wile of Jacob Reah, of Cherryknowle Cottage, Sea-, ham Harbour, County Durham, sawed the children, and then jumped 18ft iromi a 'bedroom window. She was killed. Awakened by smoke and flames, Mr Reah, a platelayer on the London-North-east Railway, found the staircase in flames. He ran to the front} bedroom to find a means of escape. Meantime Mrs Reah had lowered her children—Gwendoline, aged 11. and Gordon, aged sis—from the back bed* room window. . The children escaped with bruises,hut when Mrs Reah jumped her head struck the cement , yard, and she died almost immediately. Mr Reah then jumped, and escaped with a cut hand and bruises. Clad only in his shirt, Mr Reah rani barefooted a quarter of a mile for assistance- '
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Evening Star, Issue 22718, 4 August 1937, Page 1
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146LIFE FOR CHILDREN Evening Star, Issue 22718, 4 August 1937, Page 1
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