{"id":2672,"date":"2012-08-06T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T22:23:38","slug":"dec-10-1952-st-nicholas-tragedy-children-perished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/06\/dec-10-1952-st-nicholas-tragedy-children-perished\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion near St. Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dec. 10, 1952<\/em>:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong>The children mourned at St. Nicholas died in a tragedy set in motion by a minor late-night automobile accident on Dec. 5, 1952. A car driven by a 17-year-old Ohio University student crashed into the three-story home occupied by the Moulis family, causing a gas leak. Thirty minutes later, the house blew up. A second explosion set the structure on fire. Robert and Rose Moulis were dragged from the ruins, but their children perished. A few days later, after the funeral at St. Nicholas, the children \u2014 David, 13; Richard, 12; Louise, 11; James, 9; Gary, 5; and Robert, 4 \u2014 were buried at St. Mary Cemetery. <\/span>
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(Pittsburgh Press photo) \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A big tragedy set in motion by a minor late-night automobile accident on Dec. 5, 1952.<\/p>\n

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