FOREST FIRES.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.
A SAD FATALITY. A TRAIN DERAILED. PASSENGERS BURNED TO DEATH. Received October IS, 4.20 p.m. NEW YORK, October 17. Destructive forest fires are reported from Michigan and also 'loss of life. Tha fires destroyed a culvert on the railway line causing a train containing fugitives from Metz to become derailed. The wreckage caught fire and a panic resulted. The men fled, leaving the women and children. In a steel car 15 charred skeletons were found. The fireman took refuge in the engine tank and was boiled to death.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3021, 19 October 1908, Page 5
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98FOREST FIRES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3021, 19 October 1908, Page 5
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