spear, fred
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- Fred Spear; Spear, Fred
- Record count
- 4
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Dexter
- First event date
- 1913-02-12
- Last event date
- 1913-02-12
Timeline — 3 events
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1913-02-12
Dexter. Fred Spear, the Bell Telephone Co.'s local manager (printed 'Fred Spears' in the body), lost his home to a fire caused by an exploding gasoline stove on Saturday night and carried no insurance Quote: "Fire Caused, Supposedly, by Exploding Gasoline Stove Makes Five Families Homeless, Saturday…
accident · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-02-12 clip ds-1911-1930-20260924T072444.503919572Z
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1913-02-12
Dexter. Local manager of the Bell Telephone Co.; his home burned Saturday evening when no member of the family was at home, in a fire supposedly caused by an exploding gasoline stove; the flames consumed the residence and its contents and spread until one residence north and three south of it had be…
accident · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-02-12 clip backlog-1911-20-010 + life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-02-12 clip ds-1911-1930-20260924T072158.172670315Z
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1913-02-12
Dexter. Residence of Fred Spears, local manager of the Bell Telephone Co., destroyed by a Saturday-night fire, supposedly from an exploding gasoline stove; five families left homeless and he was the heaviest loser, reported to have had no dollar of insurance Quote: "FRED SPEAR LOSES HEAVIEST"
accident · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1913-02-12 clip lane-B-845
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