TENEMENT FIRE DRAMA
Dramatic attempts to rescue persons trapped in a fire at a tenement in Exeter, recently, failed to save the life of Mrs. Emily Hoare, 65-year-old widow, who-was burned to death in her room. A window-frame was sawn away to reach Mrs. Kripwles, aged 73, who weighs nearly 16st.! Firemen, wearing masks and carrying lifelines, reached her, and she was taken to hospital suffering from burns. Eleven people living in the nine rooms of the house all got out safely. Chief Fire Brigade Officer Richards related, "We found the place too narrow to use an escape or even' jumping sheets. I called to a woman who was screaming at a top-floor window" to hold on while we got hook ladders up to her. "To do this we had to climb over tree branches stocked up for firewood in the yard, and then across an iron roof. Mrs. Knowles was found huddled up in her. room, and we carried her down the blazing staircase."
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Evening Post, Issue 79, 2 April 1936, Page 4
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165TENEMENT FIRE DRAMA Evening Post, Issue 79, 2 April 1936, Page 4
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