EVIDENCE AT INQUEST
(Beeeived Sth September, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, 7th September.
At tho inquest on the victims of Drunieollagher fire, iPorde, the owner of the picture plant, gave evidence that he used an unprotected projector among the audience. The films were taken, out of metal cases lying exposed on a table where there was a naked candle. He had no fire-quenching apparatus.
The operator, Downing, gave evidence that sonleone hit the flames with a cap, thus causing the fire to spread. The film showing at the time of the outbreak was entitled "The Ten Commandments."
The inquest was adjourned,
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 9
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99EVIDENCE AT INQUEST Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 9
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