TERRIBLE HOLLOCAUST
FIF^Yr;BURNED^Jrp v ;DEACT, ; T SHORTAGE QF FIRE-ESCAPES. ; (By, Electric Telegraph— Copyright). ( Per P ress 'Associatipn. =....■ ; '■ (Red. -10.55 p.m.) ;; NEW^YORK, July 23; , Latest from.. ; ;Bin£rhamton places the death roll. at. fifty. "" : .v . . After .nightfjar S'.earchl.ij3rhts were;, utilized in the search for bbdie;s; where-" of the -majority Hvere-recovereet.- v " ' The tragedy occurred with . terri-} fie swiftness, the whole building.being a nias,.s..of..flanies : : in ,a few minutes.^ '- Twenty women heeded the .afla'rnv and escaped easily. ': The others .dallied thinking" the alarm was merely fi'rcdrill. ;.'Th.e girls stood six v r deep around the, w^jndpws screaming in agony as. the' smbke^and flanies reached, them.; > ; ...Many descended the fire x escapes, only to fall into "the. flames bi;Vsting < out of ■the bjiilding at the sides^ i : : i The esca/es^ Ayere apparently 'in a de4 quate. /' '■'"■- : '"■ '" '.■"'■'. ' '■ l When yne ..girls crowded them many fell off and others threw Qjcmselyes from the J,ower windows, moie, than a Ldozen'Vcscapin'jr" with'; brbken-%mb/s. :
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Grey River Argus, 24 July 1913, Page 5
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154TERRIBLE HOLLOCAUST Grey River Argus, 24 July 1913, Page 5
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