An eight-year-old girl lost her life in a fire that leveled her frame home at Pricedale last Saturday morning;aUGUST 23;1962. The victim;Elizabeth Ann Jackson;was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:35 a.m. Westmoreland County Coroner Stephen D.Yoney of Monessen attributed her death to suffocation and third degree burns. The blaze broke out at approximately at 1 a.m.Saturday at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Summers;the girl’s grandmother. The woman-who had reportedly fallen asleep while watching television in a first floor room-was alerted about the fire by neighbors. North Belle Vernon firemen were the first on the scene at House 52 on Ross St.in Pricedale. When firemen arrived;the two-story;four-room house was engulfed in flames. Attempts to reach the child were unsuccessful. An adjoining house was saved from damage. The fire is believed to have been caused by a faulty or overheated furnace. After the flames had subsided;firemen found the victim;s body under her bed. Five fire departments responded to the alarm. Men and equipment were on the scene from North Belle Vernon;Belle Vernon;Washington Twp.(Fairhope);Rostraver Central and Webster. Firemen were forced to obtain water from a fire hydrant a quarter mile from the blaze. The Jackson girl was staying at her grandmother’s home while her mother was in New York. Born Aug.23;1962;at Long Island;N.Y.;she is survived by her mother;Mrs.Irma Lea Jackson;her grandmother and a great-grandmother;Mrs.Lucretia Zales of Dayton;Ohio. Friends will be received after 2 p.m.Sunday in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral home;Main St.;Fayette City;and until Tuesday;March 16;1971; at 1:30 p.m.;the hour of service. Burial will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Services were held Tuesday;March 16;1971;with burial in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
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