TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
(IJY KI.ECTKIC TKriiGRAI'II—OOI'VRICIIT.)
CniCACO, November 1. Duiijxg a heavy ,t:ale to-day a live storey factory in tin; city collapsed, and its fall crushed an adjoining carpet-weaving shed, where 150 girls wcto working. ,. Forty of the girls were killed outright. Eighteen were injured, while many are still to he accounted for. Numerous wonderful escapes arc; reported.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2702, 5 November 1889, Page 2
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57TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2702, 5 November 1889, Page 2
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