THRILLS AT A FIRE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5

THRILLS AT A FIRE

TIIHEE WOMEN TIIAITED FAT 'i. .II.MI* kin: SAFE'! V I.ONDI )N. March 21 There weiv. thrilling scenes at an early morning lire which destroyed Hie Ihi-ei sloreyed -Corporation Hotel at t!i'iinsb\ . Six of the occupants were entrapped. The lire escapes were too sliorl to reach i lie windo.vs, from which Hose ac.d Ena Drayl(.•!). the daughters of Hie licensee, clamber.'d in their nightdresses'. They clung to the llagstaff on Ihe roof amid 'the flames. Hose, clinging lo Ihe liagstaff with one hand, dropped her sish i inlo a fireman's arms, alter which sin- jumped. She fell head liivl acd sii-l-.'ine I e.-nc"..-siou of the brain. Mrs Draylo'i, who was badly burned, jumped from ,i window and sustained a fracture of Ihe skull, from which she f'ic-fl. (ienrgc. tlie younger son. in rush ing lo sei ace a rope lo help his mother, was. ciil . IT by the Humes and descended bv the rone, whii h Inirned Ihrough and .-napped as he landed. A maiilservaiil jumped from :• window and broke her