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FULL STORY OF FIRE DISASTER.
VICTIMS LEAP FROM BLAZING STRUCTURE.
'BRING THE BRIGADE," FOR GOD'S SAKE!"*
GALLANT EFFORTS OF THREE FIREMEN.
More details of the terrible Gil- lingham fire disaster are now to hand Brief sccounts cabled from Reuter telegrams appeared in the Daily Press on July 13.
"At the moment," the Mayor said to a reporter shortly after the can only tragedy, occurred, we guess at the possible causes of the disaster. One suggestion is that someone in a fit of aberration fred. | half a dozen tar barrels which were After two days of merry-inaking in a lower storey. This seems the the naval cadets and fire brigade only explanation for the terrible staged their famous "Fireman's blaze, which, within two minutes, Wedding," without which the Gilad completely enwrapped the
house, lingham Park fete would not be
"I don't think the victims can complete, says the London Star. have suffered very much. Within For this little mock drama-none few minutes they were probably half guessed what a terrible reality it
suffocated, and must have become unconscious shortly afterwards. was to be large, four-storied But it was a terrible sight to see house of wood and
Canvas was them hanging out of the window erected in the park.
imploring help, in earnest, but everyone, thought it was make Shortly before 10.30 the bride belief. and bridegroom arrived.. The bride. "The ironical thing is that the groom was Jack Tabrett, the De-firemen hidden away from sight remained at their stations waiting puty Mace-Bearer to the Gilling for the maroon signal while these ham Council, who is one of those poor people were being burnt to in hospital, and the "bride" was
to death. They did everything they Mr. E, Warrell, whose charmed body could when they got on the scene.
was shortly to lie in the mortuary.
No Panic.
The fire would have required 20 hoses to extinguish it, and our men only had about half a dozen. The those who were in the building casualties were confined entirely to The erection was a very slender affair, and burned itself out quickly In the first fury of the flames, wa
Terrible Reality. Accompanied by two clowns and a party of wedding guests the bride and bridegroom entered the build ing and went up to the third sad fourth floors for their "reception."
The scheme was that the building beams were burned completely out, "Most of the smaller spars and should then be fired. The guests and did not fall among the crowd. wers to hang out of the window The people behaved magnificently
there was a pafieven when and implore help from the by-they realised they were witnessing standers." Gillingham Fire Brigade was then to dash up, rescue the guests and put out the fire,
The charm was to have been given by maroons.
Then came the terrible reality. Before the maroon had been red a great burst of flame leapt from the bottom of the honee and shot up into the air, piercing with one. Bery breath the whole structure and wrapping it in suffocating
f.amcs.
The guests hung out of the win dow, shouting "Bring the brigade, for God's sake," but, despite the fercenose of the flames, the specta tors did not realize what had hap pened and applauded their play acting."
Too Late,
The firemen concealed some dis. tance away behind a screen of trees, did not realise that anything was wrong, and it was not until samo minutes later, when the maroon was fired, that they rushed from their shelter and brought their boses into action. They were too late.
A few of the guests were able to stagger out of the building, but pine at least were trapped beyond sil hope of escape.
Several people jumped the 40ft. from the top foor. Two who did so were the boye, Neale and Win.
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not a spectacle but a tragedy they did everything they could to help by keeping quiet and well back from the blazing tower."?
The fierceness of the flames was such that those who were imprison-
ed were unable to reach the ladders
although they were only a few feet
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The distress of the relatives be- came such that they had to leave the mortuary, and throughout the night the police were taking to stricken homes at Gillingham, gruesome remnants of clothing of those who had perished.
jeweller, who is captain of the Mr. Fred White, Gillingham Gillingham Fire Brigade, told n reporter what he thought was the cause of the catastrophe,
"It looks as if someone had ac or cigarette end on the inflammable cidentally dropped a lighted match
material at the foot of the build- ing. While the occupants are be ing rescued the fireman is supposed to go up the building inside with a lighted torch, giving the spear- ance of the building being on fire.. Then, as soon as the last person is safe, a quantity of oil and tar at the bottom is ignited.
and
with inflammable
The building is impregnated
material the tar and oil caught fire last lights up immediately. As soon as
night, the whole building went up in a roar. It was so sudden that though I was standing only about 20 yards away I did not even hear
pumps, one of them capable of which I had got ready to play on pumping 600 gallons a minute,
the flames as soon as everyone was out of the building.
scream. There were two motor
Helpless
In spite of the fact that every- thing was ready and a special dam of water had been filled to supply the hoses, we were quite helpless, The streams of water had absolute y no effect on the rouring fames." command of the brigade, told of Lieut Read, who is second in
another possibility of the cause of the tragedy.
...
"Someone ran round to my house
when the tragedy occurred, said Mr. Winn, and I went at once to the park."
"A signal is always given when the oil and tar is to be set on fire, and it is possible that someone thought he heard the signal and put The premature start of the blazen match to the material." may be gauged from the fact that two firemen were still on the tog of the house putting the final touches to red and green lights and flares which were to be released by firework powder. One was Frank.
"I found my boy lying on the Cockayne, who jumped to the ground beside Mr. Cockayne, one of round. The other man is missing. the firemen who had jumped from When the fire had been ex- the fire. I was told that my boy tinguished and the bodies could be had jumped, too. Both" were ter- taken out, the only things available ribly burned, and had hardly any for wrapping them up to remove clothes left on them to the mortuary, were the gai- "I took both in my motor-car to ly coloured fags and bunting with the hospital, and then stayed at my which the adjacent tents had been | hoy's bedside till ho died. decorated.
Harrowing Scenes.
Until the early hours of the next day there were harrowing scenes at the Gillingham mortuary.
Wad
He was only 13, a bright lad, and he belonged to the 3rd Medway Sea Sconta
Mr. Eric Stanley, one of those who were engaged in the task of, removing the bodies; said, that they were all lying huddled together in all kinds of positions in the top atarey of the building.
Dificulty of identification such that at 10 a.m. only two of the victims had been definitely iden- tified. The identity of one was established by the peculiar stitch-of ing of the fragments of his shirt which had escaped the flames. The shirt had been made for him by his wife...
think they must all have died suffocation before they were "It was the burned," he said. most terrible job I have ever had-' and I went right through the war." (Continued Page 2)
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