First pictures of the tragic fire in the Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta, early on Saturday morning, when about 122 guests were burned to death or killed while trying to escape. LEFT: A woman plunging to her death from one of the blazing floors. RIGHT: Flames engulfing the building from the seventh to 11th floors. These pictures were received in Melbourne by radio last night and arrived by air in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 9 Dec 1946, Page 1
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