A HOLOCAUST
MEN PERISH IN ATTEMPT TO SAVE THEIR GOLD,
BODIES COVERED WITH MELTED
GOLD,
Bk Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. NEW YORK, Nov s 22.One hundred and twenty-five Italians, working on the Pennsylvania railway, were sleeping in a shanty, at Altoona, when an overheated stove fired the woodwork.
A fier'ce struggle ensued around the only (h>or of the shanty. Many‘(lied endeavoring to save their hoarded earnings. Several of the bodies were found covered with melted gold and silver. ' Thirty-live .were killed,
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1055, 24 November 1903, Page 3
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80A HOLOCAUST Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1055, 24 November 1903, Page 3
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