Undated clippings concerning the July 1967 fire; exact publication date unverified

Berrydale prison fire — four newspaper clippings

A report attributed to Bill Dingwall, an early death list and two aftermath photographs preserved from four original downloaded image files on Mercury.

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Ashes Sifted for More Victims — newspaper photograph
Ashes Sifted for More Victims — newspaper photographEnlarge image ↗
Burned-Out Prison Barracks Near Milton — newspaper photograph
Burned-Out Prison Barracks Near Milton — newspaper photographEnlarge image ↗
Death List — early newspaper casualty list
Death List — early newspaper casualty listEnlarge image ↗
“They Panicked, There’s No Doubt” — report by Bill Dingwall
“They Panicked, There’s No Doubt” — report by Bill DingwallEnlarge image ↗

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These are cropped digital newspaper images. The publisher, exact issue date, page numbers and download provenance have not been established. Visible text identifies Berrydale and State Road Camp 12. The early death list gives 37; NFPA’s subsequent annual report gives 38. These are separate stages of reporting, not interchangeable final counts.

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Undated clippings concerning the July 1967 fire; exact publication date unverified

Images visually inspected. OCR is unreliable at this resolution; no full transcript asserted. Bill Dingwall byline visible on one clipping. Publication name and date unverified. Transcription checked against the source image; any unresolved small, faint or obscured writing is identified in square brackets in the Text PDF.

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Ashes Sifted for More Victims — newspaper photograph

Original caption visible. Photographer, newspaper and issue date not visible. Bytes unchanged from supplied download.

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Burned-Out Prison Barracks Near Milton — newspaper photograph

Original caption visible. Photographer, newspaper and issue date not visible. Bytes unchanged from supplied download.

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Death List — early newspaper casualty list

Printed clipping reports 37 dead and names 28 Black and nine white prisoners using period language. Early list, not an independently verified final roster; do not silently reconcile with NFPA’s later 38. Bytes unchanged from supplied download.

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Image PDF - complete source images

All supplied source images, in the supplied clipping order; preserved image content without editorial text.

PDF · 0.7 MB · 4 pages

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Text PDF - full item transcription

Transcribed from the displayed source; bracketed uncertain/illegible wording retained. Historical source claims remain attributed to the source.

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“They Panicked, There’s No Doubt” — report by Bill Dingwall

Visible byline: Bill Dingwall, News Staff Writer. Dateline Berrydale. Guard account; newspaper title and issue date are outside the clipping. Bytes unchanged from supplied download.

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Unidentified newspaper. “They Panicked, There’s No Doubt” (Bill Dingwall); “Death List”; “Burned-Out Prison Barracks Near Milton”; “Ashes Sifted for More Victims.” Date and page numbers unverified.

Historical newspaper clippings; publisher and rights holder not established from the crops. Public access explicitly requested by archive operator; no public-domain or licensing claim asserted.

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