, 1877-04-30
CRUSHED AND ROASTED.
Terrible Catastrophe at a Fire in
Montreal Yesterday.
sudden Falling Of Heavy Walls OF
ltct1-1iot Brick.
Nine Men Killed Outright, and Ten
More Horribly Injured.


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a rrnntn,.x cnt.n.
breaking thrnurt the roof M a rof,;n,.,o,o NM,
comptciely dctno1t.hlng number Of .,cst, an,,
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sl,ct!s ant The cn,in..torc wl,cn tbc wall fc,,
When sl,ey saw III. wall bcefn l., tottcr thcy
made u IRISH for shed. md l,a,f harclv not H..
side when they were comnfete,y h,,ric,1 nnder
seyerat feet Of hot 1,r,rks Three mon. onr ~
whom wa. (,rorrc I.vncb. ,arcnnau ~ ~.
Natcr.Wnrts. vns k,it:1. thc ,.ttcr will. a..
tcmpilnr to cnrrr ofr Tho botY NJ n fircmn,. 4
fireman named HIGGINS. wl,Ir IN the shc,, wox
strucIx n. fhe b,ck of thr bro,l ,nn tt1,.+, in.
stantlY, III. vns auh.co,,.ntly fnnnt, In nm IN,
rft.bt pt}sttfon
After the ws]ta fell
THE xoAss or rnr rom rRxxxr
rent tho air, and Immediately 1,ant of cftxcn.
eet tn work u, dir tho sufferers nut of their
pcrilous position. Chief Patton vas a1so In.
tufed badlr and carr.ctl o!Y tn hfs t,o,nc, whore
a doctor attended him, md stated tt,ot t,s In
lurics would mt nruve fatal. ,.rbr work n nIc.
g1ng the sufferers out Of The ruin. VI, most
ar.luols. owing to tho scorcltng heat and stnoke.
and the hot bricks burnt the hands nj tI,c rr..
cucrs badly. Tie flrcmcu remained beneath the
ruins for about an hour before ,lcy were dug
out. -Four wc.c found
uksEArn 4 BOARD PENCE.
a1lYo but suffering terribly, Fire moro mcn
we're taken out dead. three Of them bclu,. rceor-
uIzcd AZ flremcu. and tvo citizens. ThrIr todic.
wcsc terribly tileacu.ed. Ono of them ha1l
kicked off his boo.s in the death struggle, while
anotlcr's body was stripped naked to tbc waist,
A tcwcter named uraurt1amp, who was ssfcIy 70.
posing in hin bed over his store in aoother part
III tic cttr. rushed of 10 thu fra and mr.. h,a
death while assisting to sayc hi. bro,her.ln-
1ov's pro,nrtv. A houan was sererc,, In two
ly tic falling Of ono Of tho walls. Tho inndtcs
mfracu1o,1sly escaped lr rushing ont tnto the
street IN their uJCht-arcsscs. The sceucs =. the
l,o.p!tsl and grc station, M tho tlcal mil
wounded wcnr carried in vero affecting. ,yiyr.
and mothers wr,tnr their hands In ,gnnv.