THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE
HEROIC RESCUE SCENES. 167 BODIES RECOVERED. United Press Association— Copyright (Received Jan. 10, 0-R1 NEW \OlM\. Jau. B • Tho majority of victims belonged to tho most prominent, tanuhos 11 B«\_ ortou. Their children P^n natin ,r in a play eiuitkd btotn. n lie form at ion.’ The coroner was ot opinion that the entrance to I. u theatre was toe natron. , Oil ‘W wore used as toothgjts, aad > on tho stage overturned the lamp. A number of people became 1 reinin' as the flames from the stage appio. cited, men ’heating down womeu children in their etlor.s t. , Many parents saenhetd tn>'•- ' endeavoring to save } hc-i ■ * .j Several rescuers, dashup. ut ' 1 ino« did not return. Otic lutnditu and sixty-seven bodies have been it covered. Tins is belu.td .o b' ' total. The inquiry Aiows. that tilt pile connecting the calc tarn L > with the hydrogen tank In hind tin audience, slipped oft tuo connection and made a Wu« -ptuul, cam, K a panic. The tank did not explode •until the flames reached it.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2090, 16 January 1908, Page 3
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176THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2090, 16 January 1908, Page 3
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