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Father, Son Killed In Hudson Valley House Fire
A man who pushed his daughter to safety was killed, along with his son, after a house fire broke out overnight in the Hudson Valley.
The blaze began around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, July 5 in Ulster County in the Town of Shawangunk on Burnt Meadow Road.
Initial responders discovered a 9-year-old girl outside the home, who had been pushed out a window to safety by her father, later identified as Joseph J. Hull, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office said.
Hull, 50, then was reported to have remained in the residence to locate his other child, Joseph D. Hull, 7.
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Woman Dies After Slipping On Icy Slope At Popular Hiking Spot In Area
A 71-year-old woman slipped on an icy slope and fell to her death while hiking.
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, of Wappingers Falls, was killed around 10:50 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, while hiking on the Mohonk Preserve Table Rocks trail, said Ulster County Sheriff's Lt. Abram Markiewicz.
According to Markiewicz, Fitzgerald had been hiking with a group about a mile-and-a-half from the trailhead when she slipped on an icy slope and fell 50-feet down a narrow crevice.
Forest rangers responded and rappelled down to reach Fitzgerald, however, she was dead from her injuries, Markiewicz said.
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