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Submitted: 6/11/13 • Approved: 6/12/13 • Last Updated: 7/30/16 • R891847-G891843-S3
Martha 1954 - 1961
Roger 1956 - 1961
Christina 1960 - 1961
Erica Ann 1948 - 1961
Barbara 1949 - 1961
Cynthia 1952 - 1961
Bill 1925 - 1961 (see Veteran marker)
Betts 1928 - 1961
Fire Kills Entire Family
North Beach Park, Maryland
A pre-dawn fire today destroyed a two-story frame home here and killed an entire family of nine, state police reported. The victims included William Bowden, his wife, and their six children, and Bowden’s mother, according to Percy Geriersan of the North Beach Fire Department. All nine bodies were recovered.
The cause of the fire was not immediately determined. State Police from Annapolis theorized it might have stemmed from an open fireplace.
Contributed on 6/11/13 by ashaw444
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