This archived report from the CBS Evening News is followed by an NBC news bulletin.
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Police arson squads are investigating the ruins of a New Orleans bar where a fire last night killed 29 persons, and injured 15 others. Bruce Hall reports.
Hall: The flash fire spread throughout the second-story bar in a matter of seconds. Those who escaped reported smelling gasoline before the room was engulfed with flames. And two eyewitnesses, who would not allow their faces to be shown told WWL-TV reporter Bill Elber---it was arson.
"I looked and the front door was on fire and there is nothing ignitable in that exit, nothing ignitable at all."
Elber: And you say it was murder?
"I am not going to say murder. I would say that what was done was done intentionally
Hall: Those inside say there was massive panic, and people started running all over. Most headed for the windows, but that proved to be a tragic decision. They were stopped immediately by iron bars over the windows, only a few people were able to slip through.
Coroner Carl Rabin said it also appeared there was a false wall in front of the windows.
Police said the bar is a hangout for homosexuals. Homosexuals frequently carry false identification papers, making positive identification of the victims nearly impossible.
Bruce Hall, CBS News, New Orleans.
NBC-TV 1:23-1:37, 14-second news report.
Firemen searched through this (cough) pardon me, burned building in New Orleans French Quarter today looking for evidence of arson. Fire broke out in the second-floor bar last night, killing 29 people and injuring 15.
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June 25, 1973, The Times-Picayune, page 1,
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June 25, 1973, AP- State Advocate Times, page 1A, N.O. Lounge Fire Kills 29 Persons,
Anthony and Florence Guarino of 4605 Elysian Fields, said to be the owners of the building at the time of the fire.June 25, 1973, AP - State Advocate Times, page 1A, Quick, Searing Blast; French Quarter Fire Is Probed,
June 25, 1973, The State-Times (Advocate) [Baton Rouge, LA] page 1A,
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June 25, 1973, AP - The State-Times (Advocate), page 1B, Brief Fire Fatal to 29 In Quarter, by Ed Tunstall,
June 25, 1973, AP - The State-Times (Advocate), page 1B, Barred Windows Prevented Victims From Fleeing Fire,
June 25, 1973, The State-Times (Advocate), page 1B, 13 of Dead Tentatively Identified,
June 25, 1973, The State-Times (Advocate) [Baton Rouge, LA] page 1B,
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June 26, 1973, Times-Picayune, page 1, Devastating French Quarter Fire Probed by 3 Agencies, by Chris Segura,
June 30, 1973, Times-Picayune, page 1, Fire Safety Check to Start in Quarter: Fontaine Believes Arson Caused Fire, by Ken Weiss,
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