DISASTER AT A FESTIVAL.
CROWDED ROOF COLLAPSES. TEN PILGRIMS KILLED. (Received 8.45 a.m.) JERUSALEM, June 9. A crowd of pilgrims at the. graves of famous rabhis at. Morton was watching a bonfire upon the flat roof of a large building. The roof collapsed, precipitating 200 upon the rest of the spectators. Horrible scenes followed. Ten were burned to death, thirty were dangerously injured, and many more were less seriously hurt.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 137, 10 June 1911, Page 5
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