EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
IN SIX-STORY BUILDING.
SURVIVORS' TERRIBLE ORDEAL
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec, October 2G, G.o p.m.) New York, October 25. Au explosion of gas in a six-storey factory killed four 1 employees ;uid injured ft score of others. A fire followed tho explosion. Jinny are missing. Searchlights played oil the ruiiis when Hie iiro was extinguished, in the hope of recovering tho bodies. Several of tho employees, with thoir clothing ablaze, climbed out of tho fireswept windows and down the liro escapes to tiio side-walks, where the spectators beat out tile fire from their clothing.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 7
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96EXPLOSION AND FIRE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 7
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