Donna and her mother, Rita, were killed on Christmas Eve 1961 when their Providence Road apartment building suddenly exploded. Donna's father, Eugene, and her brothers, Richard, age 3, and David, age 2, were injured but survived. At the time of the blast, the Worcester Gas Light Company was working on a gas leak in the building. Only one wall of the apartment building was standing after the explosion.
Donna and her mother, Rita, were killed on Christmas Eve 1961 when their Providence Road apartment building suddenly exploded. Donna's father, Eugene, and her brothers, Richard, age 3, and David, age 2, were injured but survived. At the time of the blast, the Worcester Gas Light Company was working on a gas leak in the building. Only one wall of the apartment building was standing after the explosion.
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