NEARLY FIFTY PERSONS PERISH IN COLLEGE FIRE IN QUEBEC Breaking out at two o'clock in the morning, fire destroyed the Sacred Heart College, at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, on January 18. Panic and death spread among 160 pupils and 30 brothers and priests, and nearly 50 lost their lives in the burning building or died as the result of injuries. This picture shows a section of tha smouldering ruina>
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22963, 15 February 1938, Page 8
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68NEARLY FIFTY PERSONS PERISH IN COLLEGE FIRE IN QUEBEC Breaking out at two o'clock in the morning, fire destroyed the Sacred Heart College, at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, on January 18. Panic and death spread among 160 pupils and 30 brothers and priests, and nearly 50 lost their lives in the burning building or died as the result of injuries. This picture shows a section of tha smouldering ruina> New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22963, 15 February 1938, Page 8
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