DUKE'S MANSION PARTLY DESTROYED
j : j FIRE AT DUNROBIN CASTLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. June 14, 9 p.m.) London, Jane 14. Dunrobin Castle, . the scat of the Duko of Sutherland, has been partly burned through the fusing of an electrio wiro. The pictures and furniture wore saved.. A number of wounded soldiers, who were being cared for at the Castle, wore removed in time. [Dunrobin Castle is a magnificent mansion, built in the modern style, and incorporating in its construction the remains of an ancient fortress, dating from 1097, a.d.] K sub-committee comprising Messrs. Bish, Leppren, O'Mcara, R. Sayers, and Brickett has been set up, representing the counties of South Wairarapa and Featherston, for the purpose of assisting the Acclimatisation Society in giving more attention to the district in. respect to shooting and fishing. Cleopatra's Needlo weighs 180 tons. The Dead Sea is 1290ft-. below sea level.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2488, 15 June 1915, Page 6
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147DUKE'S MANSION PARTLY DESTROYED Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2488, 15 June 1915, Page 6
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