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Newspaper Cutting for article: Women and Firemen trapped in £50,000 jute blaze.

Newspaper Cutting for article: Women and Firemen trapped in 50,000 jute blaze. Cutting covers 3 columns and and includes a picture of the factory after the fire, the firemen involved in putting the fire our and the two women who were trapped in the building. The article details the outbreak of a fire at Halleys Mill which tool place on the 11th of June 1957, it covers the events which took place when putting the fire out including that 2 women were trapped in the hoist and that 2 named firemen, John Forbes and James Torbet, became trapped by a wall of burning jute. (one of the firemen was the cousin of the Donor's Mother)

Number: DUNIH 2019.9
Name: Newspaper Cutting for article: Women and Firemen trapped in £50,000 jute blaze.
Date: 1957-06-12
Maker: Courier & Advertiser, The
Location: In Store