39 Die in Fire Montreal (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1951)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. 39 DIE IN FIRE MONTREAL - One of the most tragic fires in recent years razes the Hospice of Sainte Cunegonde, housing aged and infirm and children. Despite heroic efforts of nuns, among them the Mother Superior, thirty nine are trapped and die in flames believed to have been started by a worker's blow torch. 2A/B/C. WHEAT FOR INDIA: WASHINGTON - President Truman signs the bill which will send two million tons of wheat to India to alleviate starvation now sweeping the country. / ROYAL OUTING: HOLLAND - Queen Juliana joins her subjects on an island playground near Rotterdam for a day of folk dancing and frolicking on Youth Day. / SHEEP ROUND-UP: CHILE - The 15,000-ton wool crop is called in for shearing—the sheep, that is. Most of them take it lying down as they provide a new batch of blankets. 3A/B/C. WISCONSIN WINS COLLEGE REGATTA: MARIETTA, OH - Upsetting a thirteen-year-old stranglehold by Washington and California and romps home over a turbulent two-mile course, with the Huskies and Princeton in that order. / U.S.C. COPS TRACK MEET: SEATTLE - The University of Southern California takes the thirtieth NCAA track and field championships for the second year, with Cornell second. A meet for the high hurdles is set. / HOGAN WINS OPEN: BIRMINGHAM, MI - Blazing Ben Hogan puts on an historic finish in his final round to take his third U.S. open title. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) NEW CASTLE TERCENTENARY.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library