[News Script: Two children die in playhouse fire]

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two young girls burning to death on a dairy farm near Fort Worth after their playhouse caught fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) February 17, 1955.

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  • Main Title: [News Script: Two children die in playhouse fire]
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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two young girls burning to death on a dairy farm near Fort Worth after their playhouse caught fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

This collection contains photographs, video, and scripts from news stories produced by the KXAS-NBC 5 station during its early years.

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  • February 17, 1955

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Two children die in playhouse fire], item, February 17, 1955; (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc771121/: accessed April 19, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.