Obituaries:  Marvin Austin, Sabine Parish       A-235
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 20, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Marvin Austin

  Marvin Austin, 52, of Many, perished in a fire that swept
through his three room apartment on Capital Street, late
Wednesday, Dec. 12.

  The apartments, one ground apartment, and one upstairs apartment
owned by C. B. Tramel, went up in flames at approximately 11 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnice Hardy, the upstairs tenants, were awakened
by smoke. Hardy said the floor had begun to sink when they were
getting out.

  The cause of the fire was determined as smoking in bed. Both
apartments were a total loss, according to the Fire Dept.

  At 6 a.m. the following morning, fire once again broke out in
the demolished two story apartment complex. Don Lyons phoned the
Fire Dept., and for the second time in 7 hours, the fire was
extinguished.

  Firemen answering the call were Chief Reo Wright, Jimmy Dees,
Wayne Self, William Self, Brother Bill White, Bill Bugg, Robert
Gentry, Johnny Byles, Doyle Faust, El Patterson, Dean Lambert,
Ted DeLacerda, I. D. Bostian, and Chief of Police, Alfice
Brumley.