Limerick Library Service has a volume of the issues of The Irish Independent and The Irish Times that were published during the month after the fire. This volume has been scanned in full, and here we present all of the cuttings from these newspapers that are relevant to the disaster.
SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF DRUMCOLLOGHER The Drumcollogher Horror.—A comprehensive view of the interior of the burned-out building, the upper floor of which was used as a cinema, in which the appalling tragedy occurred. In the gable-end are seen the two windows through which escape was frustrated by iron bars no longer visible. —Photograph by W. D. Hogan. Some of the charred remains of the Drumcollogher victims being viewed by people with heads uncovered. The Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish War Minister, who carries the title of "The O'Donnell." He is descended from Red Hugh O'Donnell, who, with other fugitives from Ireland, settled in Salamanca.—Keystone. Ulster Grand Prix on Saturday.—R. Condell, Chairman, Ulster M.C.C., and chief organiser of the event; H. Ferguson, the road closer; and Major Harris, D.S.O., steward.—The names read from the left.—Bainbridge.
