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Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance
Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance

Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance

Date3/12/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance. Four children died in an upstairs bedroom; their mother and two other children died after being brought out of house. Dead children were Kathy; 6; David; 5; Kevin 4; Tracy; 3; Keith; 2; Sean; 3 weeks.
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