AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.
FIRE IX A CANDY FACTORY. AtANY LIVES LOST, By Cable. —Press Association—Copyright Received Nov. 7, 3.35 p.m. New York, Nov. G. A fire destroyed a six-storey candy factory, in which there were live hundred employees, mostly Brooklyn girls. They jumped from the fourth storey. Twenty people are dead, ikluding a number of men. and fifty were injured. The fire escapes were jammed, and the stairways were filled with flames and prevented escape. Scores of panic-stricKeu men and girls jumped from the fire escapes, when by. descending quietly they could have escaped. fart of the roof collapsed, burning many.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1915, Page 5
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101AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1915, Page 5
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