SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH.
BIRMINGHAM FIRE TRAGEDY,
(BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, January 12,
A disastrous fire wliich occurred in a small house in Birmingham, occupied by Charies Pedley, Bis wife, eight thiU dren, and a girl, tku-a Barker, resulted in the deaths of Barker, Mrs Pedley, and two children. Five others of the Pedleys were injured, four critically. Tile fire broke out in a stairway, imprisoning the occupants. ~ Neighbours held out blankets below, shout, ing "Jump," but the. victims, bewildered by the smoke, were unable to respond. Later. Three more victims of the Birmingham fire are dead.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18899, 14 January 1927, Page 9
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