A SAN FRANCISCO FIRE.
BOARDING-HOUSE BURNT. FIFTY LIVES LOST. United Press Association — By Eltofcrio Telegraph— Copyright. (Received April 20, 9.10 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. A wooden Building used as a board-ing-house at San Francisco during rebuilding operations, £nd accommodating 300 labourers, was destroyed by Two hundred men leapt from the windows in their night attire, and fifty were burnt to death, while many sustained broken limbs.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9521, 20 April 1909, Page 2
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67A SAN FRANCISCO FIRE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9521, 20 April 1909, Page 2
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