Four Firemen Buried in Ruins of Biazing Warehouse London, Dee. 26. killed 'a fire which destroyed a five-storey warehouse in Graham Square, in the Gallowgate district, on Christmas Eve.
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"Santa, Claus is scratch matches!"—this phrase uttered by a four-year boy climbing the staircase of a tenement building in Graham Square, which commands the district, was the first of the fire.
A. policeman immediately sum moned the Fire Brigade, who were holding a Christmas party.
The blaze was so menacing that the Fire Master ordered fifty families to vacate their homes.
Tons of valuable machinery fell through the upper floors of the destroyed building.
The firemen were called off temporarily in view of the dangerous situation and only when the roll call was taken was it_ discovered that four firemen had been buried in the ruins—Reuter.
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