October 1944
Events that took place in Fairfax County in October, 1944:
- October 1 – Thomas Stottlemeyer and his wife are killed in an early morning fire in their Vienna apartment building.[1]
- October 24 – 5-year-old Elwood A. Leary, Jr. is fatally burned while playing on a burning trash pile at his home in the Engleside region of Alexandria. Elwood is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where he dies about 12 hours later.[2]
References
- ↑ "Vienna Couple Dies In Apartment Fire" Evening Star, 1 Oct. 1944, Two Star, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 12 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Burns are Fatal to 5-Year-Old Boy in Fairfax County." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 5. Oct 26 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
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