A MONTREAL TRAGEDY.

Mataura Ensign, 28 February 1907, Page 2

A MONTREAL TRAGEDY.

FATAL FlliU AT A SCHOOL. A HEKOIC! i'JUNCIJ'AL. BY ELECTRIC; TELEGRAPH PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION OTTAWA, Feb. 27. Forty children were burnt to death at Ifoehclaga I'roteslant school, Montreal. At the moment of tliii outbreak 250 children were, ])cnned in by Hru and smoke. The principal of the school, Miss Maxwell, perished in a desperate attempt to save the smaller children. Her body was found surrounded by child corpses. KlliST ACCOUNTS EXAGGKJLVTK.I). Received Feb. 28, S.SS a.m. OTTAWA, Feb. 27. Later accounts reduce the death rale at Ifoehclaga Tire. The total loss is seventeen. The absence of lire escapes was responsible for the loss 0 f life.