SOUTH KENSINGTON FIRE.
GIRLS' FATAL JUMP. fry Tclesrash- Press AsSdjsiat'ftnb'Caorrlpiii!' London, 'November 4. One girl was incinerated at the fire at ." ■; Barker's stores in South Kensington! Three others were killed through jump- : ing from a, parapet 70 feet -high, wlifere • ' seventeen girls and two men.were irapped. ...j., Those remaining were, rescued -by means".'; of tho fico escape. I The, others, might have been saved-but , tor tho crowd inciting .them to jump. Several firemen showed great heroism. . : The damage by the fire is estimated at 1 JC50,000. !
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 7
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86SOUTH KENSINGTON FIRE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 7
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