A Terrible Calamity
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. - ) 7 New York, August 10. The explosion of a boiler caused the collapse; of a five-storey building in the city. The ground floor was occupied by a restaurant keeper and cigar factory, and printing. works were situated in the upper stories. A large number of people "were buried in the rums, which caught fire shortly after the collapse. Some 60 persons were either killed by falling timbers or. burnt to death, among the number being several who were lunching in the restaurant when the accident occurred. Some of the- unfortunate people were slowly: roasted to death before the eyes of the rescuers. .
(For continuation of Reading Matter see ' y fourth page.)
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 24, 25 August 1891, Page 3
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117A Terrible Calamity Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 24, 25 August 1891, Page 3
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