THE CLAPHAM FIRE.
EIGHT DEATHS. FIRM RECENTLY OFFERED A MILLION. IBj Teleeraph-Proße; A«eoclatton-Oopyrlsht.l (Rec. December 22, 10.35 p.m.) London, December 22. In connection with the firo at Messrs. Arding and Hobbs's drapery establishment at Clapham —which led to the destruction of forty shops and houses with an estimated' damage' of a million sterling—five mere bodies have been found in tho ruins. Th.o makes tho number of deaths eight. Distressing scenes occurred during the rollcall of Messrs. Arding and Hobbs's employees. The head of tho firm broke down while announcing the necessity of dismissing tho assistants with a week's wages. Mossrs. Arding and Hobbs recently refused an American offer of a million sterling for their goodwill,' stock, and-building. : '■■ V '. ;;'.- ■■;■'■;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 7
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118THE CLAPHAM FIRE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 7
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