Brooklyn, NY Fort Hamilton Ave Cottage Fire, Feb 1896
Two Children Killed.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 10.----Two children were instantly killed and one young man seriously injured as the result of a fire which occurred yesterday in a cottage on Fort Hamilton avenue. The victims are MINNIE SPACHT, 9 years old, and HARRY ROTZEN, 7 years old, both killed; Edward Hill, 18 years old, seriously hurt. The cottage was unoccupied, and the fire started from an unknown cause, and the building was burned to the ground, the chimney alone being left standing. Later in the day when a crowd of children and others were [ineligible]owing the ruins the chimney fell without warning, burying the three mentioned.
North Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA 10 Feb 1896
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