Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — EIGHT DIE IN BIG FIRE [ARTICLE]

EIGHT DIE IN BIG FIRE

Kings Hall, in Montreal. Destroyed Early This Morning. Some of the Occupants Escape, but Others Lose Lives in Ruins — Loss Over SIOO 060. Montreal. Oct. 14. —As the result of a fire which destroyed the Kings Hall building, a large business block on St. Catherine street, eight lives were lost and a less of over SIOO,OOO entailed. The building was a five-story structure in the heart of the uptown business district. The ground floor was occupied by stores and the other floors were taken up by a concert hall, a billiard parlor and sleeping apartments. Thirteen people, including the caretaker. slept in the building. The fire broke out about 2 a. m. Some of the occupants managed to escape, but others were overcome by the smoke and carried down with the ruins of the building, which is a total wreck. The dead: F. Whittai, night watchman, his wife and two smalt children; Charles Threshie, of Boston. Mass.; Harry Richards and an unknown negro.