Serious Accident at London Ontario. .
A terrible disaster has occurred f)t London, in the Province of Ontario.
Some 2000 persons were assembled < in the City Hall to hear the addre*M of the municipal candidates. 2* The floor of the building collap&d, and 200 persona were preoipitagfd through the Mayor's parlour into lie i : cellar below. * ' Thirty were killed, including » I number of prominent oitfeens, Apd 1 1 many were injured. f ; An immense safe and the heatiw apparatus fell, crushing a nambexkf | people. The collapse of the beam supporting the floor of the hall was Ibt) cause of the disaster. ' About 100 persons were injur^|^ A ory of fire was raised, and * terrible panic ensued. \ ■
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Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 2
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115Serious Accident at London Ontario. . Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 2
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