A FRIGHTFUL DEATH.
ITALIAN WORKERS BURNED IN A SHANTY. United Press Association—By Electric TWegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, November 22. One hundred and twenty-five Italians, working on the Pennsylvania railway, were sleeping in a shanty at Altoona,' when an over-heated stove fired the woodwork. A fierce struggle ensued round the shanty's only doors, and many of the men died in endeavouring to save their hoarded earnings. Thirty-five were killed, and several were found covered with melted gold and silver.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11748, 24 November 1903, Page 7
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77A FRIGHTFUL DEATH. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11748, 24 November 1903, Page 7
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