Show NUM nil 0 I 1 CH lur IN M IN A FIK ella protestant in the french section of montreal the scene of 0 a great disaster nineteen bodies were taken out U up P to this afternoon i montrea montreal feb ag the protestant nt school on street in the french section of the city caught fire this afternoon whilo filled with pupils and before tho the firemen I 1 could reach beach the spot many children mad lind been smothered to death the rescue was quick but at 3 although many children had been taken out alive it is feared that on the top floor there are in addition to the bodies taken out twenty more dead including a teacher it is said that all the teachers except miss maxwell saved them themselves wIves it was due to miss ass maxwelll maxwells Max Alax wells heroism in rushing up stairs to save the younger pupils that she lost her life at the nineteenth body had been brought out there were children in the school when the fire started the fire broke out in the furnace room and spread with great rapidity it was wag gotten under control shortly but smoke had by that time done its deadly work |