The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 66

It was first reported by a grandson who lived nearby. THE BODIES were recovered yesterday afternoon after the blaze had already destroyed their small home. The fire was believed to have been caused by a faulty gas heater that caused an explosion which shot flames through the house, said Solon Maxwell, Putnam County coroner. The house was located seven miles from Cookeville anrK Algood firemen, four miles; away, responded but were too; late, the coroner said. 1-24 Bypass Opened Around Manchester The State Highway Depart-; ment opened an 8.4-mile bypass on Interstate 24 to traffic around the city of Manchester yesterday.

The 4-lane bypass extends from the east to the west city-limits of Manchester. 5 Die in 2 Home Fires Across State Five persons lost their lives in home fires yesterday, including a man and his two sons near Selmer, and an elderly couple near Cookeville. Authorities identified them as: John Royce Williams, 27, of the Falcon community in Mc-Kairy County, and his two sons, John Royce 6, and James, 11 months. The wife-mother, the former Donna Dawson, was in fair condition last night in Mc-Nairy General Hospital, Selmer, suffering from burns, cuts and shock. Lot Whittaker, 85, Phifer Mountain community, and his wife, Effie, 75.

McNairy County Coroner Ward Moore said the fire was believed to have started early yesterday in the Williams' three-bedroom, frame home from a wood heater flue and apparently was well under way when Williams and his wife awakened and fled from the house by breaking a window in their bedroom. It was here that she suffered cuts, authorities said. MOORE SAID Williams reentered the home to try to rescue the children in another bedroom but was trapped when the roof and walls caved in on him. Moore said it was apparent from the location of the bodies that Williams never reached his children's bedside. Selmer firemen responded to the blaze, two miles outside the city, but it was already too late when they were called, Moore Williams was an employe of Bishop Trucking Henderson.

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