FEARFUL ACCIDENT.!'
CoTjLap.sk ok a isru.nrxd. i THE KUINS IX FLAMES. SIXTY LIVES LOST. (l;V KI.KCI'IUC TKl.Kiilt.\l'll. —COI'VKill 1!T.) 1 Nkw Yoi;k. August 1 Thk explosion of a boiler caused the collapse of a live-storey building in the city. The ground floor was occupied by a restaurant keeper, an 1 a cigar factory and printing works were situated in the upper .stories. A large number of people wore buried in the ruins, which caught fire shortly after the collapse, and some sixty persons were either killed by tho falling timber or burnt to death. Among the number were several who were lunching at the restaurant, when the accident occurred. Some of the unfortunates were slowly roasted to death before the eyes of the rescuers.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2982, 25 August 1891, Page 2
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124FEARFUL ACCIDENT.!' Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2982, 25 August 1891, Page 2
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