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Show MANY LIVES IN PERIL. One Hundred Men Have Narrow Es-- Es-- cape from Death in a Fire. Fire, caused by the explosion of an automatic burner in the Pennsylvania railroad shops at Pitcairn, Pa., Tuesday, Tues-day, destroyed the passenger car repair re-pair section" and cabinet shop, entailing entail-ing a loss of $15,000 to the company. Over 100 men were at work in these departments, and they barely escaped with their lives, many losing theif tools and the clothing which they wore to work. There was a shortage of water, and the fire burned so fiercely fierce-ly that for a time it was feared that the immense shops and round house would be destroyed, but the excellent work of the railroad fire brigade kept, the flames confined to the repair section. |