TRAGEDY AT POLISH WEDDING
FIRE FOLLOWS COLLAPSE OF FLOOR
(Received December 6, 10.25 p.m.) WARSAW, December 6.
When 120 guests at a wedding reception at Jedrzejow were dancing the floor collapsed and gas set fire to the bride’s dress.
Fire spread throughout the basement where the guests had fallen.. The bridegroom, the bride, two bridesmaids and 23 of the guests were severely burned, and several died on the way to hospital.
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Southland Times, Issue 23376, 7 December 1937, Page 7
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