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C’u T* Itll IVJ IWi 1V.4JU IV TV U AVLJ Oiiv U1U UUI UU1the greater number of human lives. Mr. Frank Belknap, who was bne of the earliest at the scene, says that the piteous cries for help from all the victims were enough to wring the stoutest heart. Here was a young and finely-dressed girl of about 10 years ofagg struggling in vain to release her hips from the weight which was crushing her slender form ; close behind her were the flames shooting ont their forked tongues, which in another instant had enwrapped her in their furious embrace. Here was a fine gentleman of middle age, fitting bolt upright in his seat and unable to extricate himself, calmly awaiting the flames, which soon claimed their victim; there were bodies floating out from the wr*ck, and others not yet suffocated . by the icy flood were attempting to their make their way to the shore. A crowd soon mndo their wav to the burning dcbrit and with the aid of axes and ropes many were extricated, placed on stretchers, and taken to the top of the hill, where the best of assistance awaited them. The hotels at thedepot were soon filled, and private houses were thrownopen throughout the town. The surgeons of the town rendered all the assistance in their power, but many perished, notwithstanding the best of wire, during the night. Others aro now lying in a suffering condition in the hotels and private residences. It is estimated that fully 100 persons have been killed in this terrible disaster.”
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London Mid Surrey Times and General Observer
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jan 13, 1877
Page 6
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