BURNED TO DEATH WHILE SHOPPING.
FUSED WIRE SETS GOODS ALIGHT. Br Telesrraph—Presa Association—Copyright. London, July 31. The fusing of an electric light wire, in the window of a drapery shop caused a terrible disaster at Accrington, near Blackburn, in Lancashire. The goods in the window were fired, and the premises, which were orowded, wero soon ablaze, and there was a terrible rush for tho doors. Three women shop-assistants and two lady customers wero suffocated in an upper story. Their retreat was cut oil by' the main stairway breaking. The.damage .is estimated at .£20,000.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 5
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93BURNED TO DEATH WHILE SHOPPING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 5
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