THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE.
CABLE NEWS.
ELECTRIC WIRE FUSION THE
CAUSE
United Piiess Association —Copyright NEW YORK, Jan. 20.
The factory lire at Philadelphia was caused through an electric wire being fused in the third storey. A panic occurred. There was an utter absence of discipline. The stairway was blocked. Frenzied women jumped from the 'fourth, fifth, and ejixt.fi storeys, although the crowd shouted for them to ■wait for the fire escapes. At least a dozen girts were killed, and there arc others probably under the collapsed 'building. There are twenty in the hospital, several being unlikely to recover.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2716, 22 January 1910, Page 5
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98THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2716, 22 January 1910, Page 5
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