COLLAPSE OF SCHOOL
1-1 BOYS KILLED BOMBAY, October 2. From Bliilsa, a town in Gwalior Stale, news has just arrived of a terrible Fcliool accident, resulting in fhe death of 14 boys, all of tender ago. While flic classes were in progress, the Madliava Ganj primary school building collapsed, and Hie wreckage blocked the exit. Idle cries of suffocating and dying victims quickly brought a large number of people living in the neighborhood to the scene of the disaster,” and willing hands were promptly at work in clearing ai, way into (lie building. When they had succeeded, 14 boys were found dead, while the schoolmaster and 23 other boys were suffering from severe injuries.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17116, 23 November 1929, Page 4
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