Human Beings for Rescue from Dummy Tower London, July 23.
At the resumption of the inquest on the 15 victims of the fire horror, which occurred at a hospital fete at Gillingham, la Kent, on the 11th when two men and 12 boy sed scouts were burned to death throug? the premature burning of a dummy tower during an elaborate fire spectacle, the chief of the local fire brigade said that similar dis plays had been given in various parts of England for the past 25 years. The same spectacular effect could not be obtained by the resening of dummies from a burning building as by rescuing living peo-lo, he said.
A boy witness, who attended the fete, said that he entered the building which was burned down but did not remain there because he was wearing his best clothes. He said he saw a fireman, who was one of the victims, set fire to some shave ings on the ground floor. He asked the fireman if the shavings would flare up. The fireman replied that they would only smoulder, and then flames. went upstairs when he saw the
The jury brought in a verdict of death from misadventure, adding that the fire was started'on the ground by someone unknown mistaking the orders given, The jury added a rider that human lives should not be risked for such dis-
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