BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN
ALICE AYRES AND THE UNION STREET FIRE
'FIRE! FIRE!'
It was two o'clock in the morning when this cry was heard in Union Street, Borough, London, and the people who ran to the spot saw an oil shop in flames, and at a window above it a servant girl, Alice Ayres, screaming for help. Some rushed off to summon the fire-brigade, but those who remained feared that before it could arrive the place would be gutted....
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