FIRE AT A RACECOURSE.
BAMBOO BOOTH COLLAPSES. HUNDREDS BURNT TO DEATH. Australian-NX Cable Association. Received February 28, 5.5 p.m. Hongkong, Eel). 27. A bamboo booth at the racecourse, seating several thousands, collapsed and look fire. frightful scenes followed, hundreds being incinerated. The rapiditv of the (ire, together with the intense heat, rendered assistance diilicult. (iOl) LIVES LOST. Received February 28, 10.2;') p.m. London, Feb. 27. The Secretary of State learns that nearly COO live? wore lost by tbe Hongkong disaster, which was due to Iht> panic cciused by the fire. No Europeans ivero killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1918, Page 4
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94FIRE AT A RACECOURSE. Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1918, Page 4
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