HOLOCAUST IN AMERICA.
BOILEB EXPLOSION AND FIDE. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. 140 CHARRED BODIES BEOOVEBED.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Beceived 9.45 p.m., Maroh 21. ' New York, Maroh 21. Owing to old boilers being used while tho new were under repair an explosion occurred "and sot fires to Groves’ ehoe factory, Brockton, Massachusetts. It traversed another building and demolished a dwelling house a hundred feet beyond. Many people wore inoineratod on tho floor over the boiler room. The rapidity of the flames prevented the rescue of tho injured. About 140 charred and unrecognisable bodies have been recovered.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1410, 22 March 1905, Page 2
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