TRAGIC FIRE IN CANADA.
A HUNDRED PERISH.
MANY CHILDREN AMONG THE VICTIMS.
(Received 9 a.m.)
MONTREAL, February 15
It is feared that 100 perished in a fire at a nunnery. Thirty-eight charred bodies of children have been recovered. The firemen rescued 200 wounded soldiers who were accommodated in the building. (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
DEATH ROU UNDER SEVENTY.
1 SOLDIERS' GALLANT RESCUE WORK. (Received 1 p.m.) MONTREAL, February 15. The Grey nunnery death roll does not exceed 70. The fire originated from a. spark thrown out by an X-ray machine. Returned soldiers rescued numbers of children, carrying them out two at a time. A sergeant of the Thirteenth Highlanders entered the building five times, and rescued ten infants.— (A. and X.Z-X
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 5
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