JUMP FOR LIFE
BIG BLAZE IN DUBLIN
SENSATIONAL RESCUES IN THE STREETS
15 PEOPLE INJURED
(A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Sept, 7, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 7
Sensational scenes from a fire in business premises in Mary St., Dublin. are reported’. Forty people were trapped. Twenty-seven men and women jumped from the second story, fiiteen being injured. Several girls were caught by men in the crowded street. . Many jumped too soon, striking the pavement. The police requisitioned a canvas sheet into which a girl jumped but fell through and was badly injured. A woman in the crowd offered a shawl in which two girls were caught Another flung herself from a window and was caught in a policeman’s arms.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10096, 8 September 1925, Page 5
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