FIRE IN NEW YORK.
SIX LIVES LOST. EXCITING SCENES. By Teleiraph—Pre3s Association—OooyrleM • New York, January 10. Tho fire in tho Equitable Assurance Building cost six lives. Three employees wero cut off on tho roof and perished. One leaped to death on tho pavement below. President Giblin was rescued after the steel bars were sawn through. He was overcome by smoke, and was removed to the hospital. . Deputy-Fire Chief Walsh is dead. An employee who took refuge in the vault with Mr. Giblin was also rescued. A third was seen from tho street buried in debris. Tho fire brigade chaplain gave him the last rites before tho smoke hid him. The body has not been recovered. The fate of several million dollars worth of securities has not been ascertained. The fire broke out in a kitchen in the basement. The intense cold caused ice to form on the burning structure, creating an extraordinary spectacle. The ruins were cased in ice. (Eec. January 11, 11 p.m.) Now York, January 11. , Five million dollars worth of stock has been recovered from the vaults of the Equitable Life building. Other valuable documents are still missing.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1335, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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191FIRE IN NEW YORK. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1335, 12 January 1912, Page 5
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