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Show WOMEN ARE BADLY HURT Probably Fatal Injuries Inflicted bj Giving Way of C.rnicc at Fire. NEW YORK, Nov, 22. Three women were probably fatally hurt and five firemen were Injured severely In a blaze that destroyed two buildings in Brooklyn Brook-lyn early today. The fire started In the cellar of a drug store at Fulton and Felippl. The three upper floors were occupied by three families consisting of fifteen persons. per-sons. The flames spread upward so quickly that when the sleeping tenants were aroused by the smoke and crackling flames they found all escape by the stairways had been cut off. Bella Hill, Florence Seabrook and Hetta Richardson, all of whom lived on the fourth floor, made their way down one story and out onto a cornice. Mrs. Seabrook had her baby in her arms. The cornice gave way beneath the combined weight of the women and they were precipitated to the ground. Mrs. Seabrook clasped the Infant to her bosom in such a way that when she struck the sidewalk the little one escaped injury. The women were hurriedly hur-riedly carried to a hospital, where their injuries were pronounced probably fatal. fa-tal. Eight families, comprising thirty-four thirty-four persons, escaped or were rescued from a building adjoining the drug store" before the house was destroyed. The firemen displayed great bravery in the work of rescue, and two of them fell from a swerving ladder two stories above the street. Three others were badly cut by falling debris. The financial finan-cial loss was small. |