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SCENES'At THE ST. LOUIS MM. '' B? T«ifißr4l)h.—Jri>F«' < St. Wills, March 9. %S death foHeftlifi greftt fire a* St, ■ Lottis, which praetieitlly ilestTOjed an Qixi'ird black, ts , -flfiJltiJtoly ' Stst dbw at 35. l'oytj'pbeplo Vrora ihjiiretl. When tire ftfera6« arrived tilieworo. shdotiiitt -out of tlio windows. 3'lert jumped to tie pavements.) -and others lowercc),!tlveinsqlvo,? by bedoloilfss..; ... Tlio ftre-lightore , Mvcs wore jiiipcfilted frequently toy failing walla. A. yoliaifui tc}i*ptono_ opeirator. t«- . niained. at Jiis post aittrinuiig tlio guc.sts. through tieiHtils. haYe ackuoivledgod that ho saved tlieir lives., .as; 'b-iib for their action they wauld. toavo sjo.pt; Tte boi'ters in the bascnicni esplbW., deliigiog the ntiiiS in Steam. (Riid.Mareh Ift. 10.2 p p.ni,) ' flew Yark, Ma. Mii 9. Hicre wej-e .draiiiatie escapes at the St. Lfiuis firo, Tvfdvq men tied shflcsts together and descended from a fifth floor to an .adjoining- roof. Ono roan lea-pod ton feet across a clKlsni wbidi separflted tiyo o.f the build:ijrgs, sn.d .escaped with b-.rmses on}y. Most of those ■nliq .escapej wdrfe iji their nidit attite only. ' Tlio manager of gn Club pe.f«se.d*o leave thebirilding until .ho had given the alarm t<3 everyone. Sovefal of €)o Sferagii were injurecl :by fojiings waits,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 7
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198SAVED BY A TELEPHONE OPERATOR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 7
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