PLUNGE INTO FIRE
ENGINE LEAVES TRACK SEVERAL MEN ROASTED TO DEATH. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received July 13, 0.55 a.m.'J NEW YORK, July 12. During a fire which destroyed a log ging camp at Comly Mill, Tacoma, seventeen men aboard a locomotive were attempting to save a number of loaded lumber cars, when the locomotive left the undermined track and plunged headlong into the fire. Tho men were thrown alive into the flames. Fourteen escaped badly burned, and three were burnt to ashes, A boy was. caught by the foot under tho overturned engine and was slowly roasted tc death. His companions were too injured to assist him.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8783, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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108PLUNGE INTO FIRE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8783, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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