HORSE SHOW AFIRE
TRAGEDY AT OAKLAND
FOUR MEN BURNT TO DEATH
HOLOCAUST OF HORSES
United Treas Association—By Electric Telograph—Copyright. (Received 10th February, 1 p.m.) OAKLAND (Cal.), 9th Feb. At least four men were too badly burned for identification, and over eighty-five horses killed, when fire destroyed the Oakland Horse Show buildings. Practically all the prize-winners, it is feared, were killed. Tho scene of the fire was a terrible uproar. Burning horses screamed with agony. Some broke, through the flaming walls and dashed off with manes and tails afire. The police stood outside and shot them as they appeared.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 9
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98HORSE SHOW AFIRE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 34, 10 February 1931, Page 9
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