Show PERISHED IN FLAMES thirty nine lives lost in lodging house F re in glasgow glasgow the most terrible fire that has occurred in great britain for many years broke out here sunday in a cheap lodging house for men in wat son street and resulted in the loss ot thirty nine lives and the severe injury of many others the dead wore mostly workmen in the prime of 1 fe they presented a horrible sight their blackened faces bearing evidence of terrible struggles to escape many men were sleeping in the at tic floor above the burning fourth floor and these had narrow escapes the flames burst through the floor and it was impossible for the men to descend the windows were secure ly fastened and the men had to break them so that they could climb through to neighboring roofs |