GRIM SPECTACLE
HEAPS OF CHARRED BONES IDENTIFYING THE BODIES MANY TRAMPLED TO DEATH ;Elec. Tei. Copyright—United Press Assu.i (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received September 7. 3 p.m.) LONDON, September 6. After the lire at Tiriimeolloglier, daylight brought a grim spectacle, the bodies being stretched on the ground awaiting identification. .Forty-one have now been identified, but- Jittle remains of the. others beyond heaps of charred la.lies.
h is practically certain that many were trampled to death before, they were eonsumed hv Itames.
The nearest lire brigade was at Croon. 36 miles away, whither tiie injuied people had to he removed. The einema proprietor and operator are detained at Driimeollogher.
A crowd smashed, the windows of the operator’s house, and 48 were detained,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19260907.2.121
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 11
Word Count
122GRIM SPECTACLE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 11
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.