AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE
FURTHER PARTICULARS. By Telegraph.— Tttn AiwcUtion.— Copyright. (Received January 11, 12.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, 10th January. ' The fire in the Equitable Assurance Building cost six lives. Three employees were cut off on th 9 roof and perished. One leaped to death on the pavement below. President Giblin was rescued after the steel bars were sawn through. He was overcome by (smoke, and was removed to the hospital. - Deputy-Fire Chief Waleh is dead. ; An enTployee who took refuge in the ! vault with Mr. Giblin was also rescued. A third was seen from the street buried in debris. The fire brigade chaplain gave him the last rites before the smoke hid him. The body has not been recovered. The fate of several million dollars worth of securities has not been ascertained. The fire broke out in a kitchen in the basement. — The intense cold caused ice to form on the . burning structure/*, creating an extraordinary spectacle. The ruins were cased in ice.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 7
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163AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 7
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