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Killed in Blast.
Escanaba--Robert Thornburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Thornburn, was killed in a munitions plant explosion in Toronto, Canada, on January 27, it was learned here Saturday.
Mrs. Thornburn, mother of the young man, who is well known in Escanaba, is the former Neva Reed of this city, and is a niece of Mrs. M. G. Trotter, of 523 South Ninth street.