FATAL FIRE.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received February 16, 9.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, February 16. It is feared that a hundred persons perished in a fire at the Grey Nunnery, Montreal.
The charred bodies of the children have been recovered.
Firemen rescued 200 wounded soldiers, who wore accommodated iu the building..
ABOUT 70 DEATHS
SOLDIERS’ RESCUE WORK.
A BRAVE HIGHLAND SERGEANT.
Australian and N.Z. Oabia Aasooiation,
(Received February 16, 2.35 p.m.) GUAVA, February 15. The death roll at Grey Nunnery, Montread, is believed not to exceed seventy.
Hie fire originated by a spark from an X-ray machine.
Returning soldiers rescued a mimbe; of children, carrying them out two at a time-
A sergeant of the Thirteenth Highlanders entered the burning tuilding five times and rescued ten infants.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12244, 16 February 1918, Page 9
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131FATAL FIRE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12244, 16 February 1918, Page 9
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