TWO DIE AS FIRE DRIVES 300 FROM MONTREAL APARTMENT
Two women died in an early morning three-alarm fire on March 5th, last, which roared through a residential and business block at Guy and Sherbrooke streets, Montreal, Canada. Six persons were reported missing and six others, including two fire fighters, were hospitalized with injuries.
The fiye, spread by two explosions, drove 300 men, women, and children into the snow-filled streets at 1:30 A.M. The structure in which the fire originated housed the Montreal Repertory Theatre on Guy street, some 12 stores, and apartments above, in one of which the women victims lived. The fire, boosted by blasts of unknown origin ami fanned by a high wind, spread to two adjoining apartment buildings, one the 60-unit Grosvenor Apartments.
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