FATAL FIRE
AT A COFFEE PALACE IKREL PEOPLE LOSE LI YES ' ,Bv Electric Telegrapn.-Uopyrigftl) .Australian A N.Z. Gable ABgoojation! SYDNEY. April -I The Coffee. Palace al Wahha. caught liiv early this morning. Twnely hoard cis were cntiapped in the (lames, which speedilv raided from end to end of the building. After a desperate si niggle l,|| exeepl three escaped. 11. Callan, I. Hull, and A. Waterson were mwbln to reach the exit, and were burned to death. Mrs Shnllaher and Michael Solomons both jumped from windows and were seriously injured. The building which was constructed ol wood, was demolished. The cause ol Ihit outbreak is unknown. SYDNEY, This Day Details of the Walcha fire show there were 'v.vlve lodgers in lite building at the time of the outbreak. Several jumped from windows ae.d a number were seriously injured. It is "surmised the victim.? became confused in the smoke and were unable to find the exits, as one of them occupied f, room/on the. ground Moor and only had to step through :i window io safely.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 5
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175FATAL FIRE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 5
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