THE BOLOGOE FIRE.
» WHOLE FAMILIES PERISH. By Vc!cEr.iDli--Prcsß Association—Copyrieht (Rec. March 8, II p.m.) St. Petersburg, March 8. Among the victims of yesterday's five nt the Bologoc [cinematograph entertainment was Iho whole of ono household, comprising tlireo families numbering nineteen souls. An engineer, his wife, and their eight children also lost their lives. Tho showman states that a film representing a collision of trains, accompanied by an appropriate nois« for the crash, was being shown when tlio disaster occurred. The spectators assumed that the explosion of benzine was part of the entertainment until the flames lapped tho walls. An appalling rush then began. HEROIC RESCUER PERISHES. St. Potersburo, March 7. A hero during the fire at tho Bologoo kinematograph entertainment braved the flames fifteen times, and saved thirty lives. Ho then perished in the flames. A railway official lost his life after saving five children.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1071, 9 March 1911, Page 5
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145THE BOLOGOE FIRE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1071, 9 March 1911, Page 5
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