FALLING TOWER.
CRASHES FOU FLOORS FOLLOWED BY OUTBREAK O FIRE. , EMPLOYEES PINNED IN THE WRECKAGE. HEAVY DEATH ROLL. United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegrapl Copyright. Received June 14, 5.5 p.m. OTTAWA, Juiae 14. At Montreal h huge fire watei tower, holding 10,000 gallons, crashed through four floors of a big building, pinning the employees in the wreckage. An outbreak of fire followed, and greatly hampered the work of rescue. Twenty five persons wer« terribly i injured, when extricated from the debris. Twenty others are missing. WOMEN JUMP FROM WINDOWS. COLLAPSE OF A WALL. « Received June 14, 9.0 p.m. j MONTREAL, June 14. Alter the u;nk collapsed many wo- [ men who ware unable to escape jumped from the upper windows. Three were thus lulled. Finally a wall collapsed, thiowing the survivors into the burnine ruiri3- Roils of paper in j the basement emitted a dense acrid smoke. Chemicals added to the poisonous fumes. The heavy machinery of the Herald eranlssd through the frame of the building, and a mass of mclten type overwhelmed others. The "Herald is publishing an eight pagp paper frem the Montreal Gaz • ette office.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10069, 15 June 1910, Page 5
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186FALLING TOWER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10069, 15 June 1910, Page 5
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