Location of “Gas Attacks”
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Date of attack |
Victim(s) |
Location |
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“A few months ago” |
Olive Brown Miss Crissie |
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Thursday, August 31 |
Mr. Urban Reef Mrs. Urban Reef |
1817 Grant Ave.
(location estimated on map) |
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Friday, September 1 |
Mrs. Bert Kearney Dorothy Ellen Kearney |
1408 Marshall Ave.
Prowler seen: dark clothing, tight fitting cap |
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Friday, September 1 |
Mrs. Charles Rider Ann Marie Rider Joe Rider |
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Friday, September 1 |
unnamed woman and her children |
unreported location |
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Tuesday, September 5 |
Mrs. Carl Cordes |
921 N. 21st
St. (location estimated on map) Cloth, skeleton key, lipstick found |
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Tuesday, September 5 |
Mrs. Leonard Burrell |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Mrs. Laura Junken |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Mrs. Ardell Spangle |
821 N. 15th
St. (location estimated on map) |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Fred Goble |
witness saw tall thin man running from yard |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Glenda Hendershott |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Daniel Spohn |
801 N. 19th
St. (location estimated on map) |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Mrs. Cordie Taylor |
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Wednesday, September 6 |
Miss Frances Smith Miss Maxine Smith |
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Thursday, September 7 |
Miss Frances Smith Miss Maxine Smith |
2100 Moultrie Ave.
(3 attacks) saw thin blue smoke-like vapor; heard buzzing sound |
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Friday September 8 / Saturday, September 9 |
C.W. Driskell residence |
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Saturday, September 9 |
Mrs. Genevieve Haskell Grayson Wayne Haskell Mrs. Russell Bailey Miss Katherine Tuzzo |
17 Westwood (not located on map – NW edge of city) |
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Saturday, September 9 |
Mrs. Lucy Stephens Jimmy Hardin |
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Sunday, September 10 |
unnamed woman |
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Sunday, September 10 |
unnamed woman |
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Sunday, September 10 |
Miss Frances Smith Miss Maxine Smith |
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Plant “blamed”
for “gasser’s” fumes Tuesday,
September 12, 1944 (On page four) |
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Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company Plant |
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