“BLACK-OUT” FIRE
FURNITURE DESTROYED
LONDON, Oct. 9.
The first big “black-out” fire broke out last night in a furniture depository at Belgravia, in the West End, where many \yell-known people, including the Duke and Duchess of Kent, had stored valuable furniture to avoid the danger of air raids. The Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Herbert, stated that the whole of the Duke and Duchess of Kent’s furniture from their two London houses was stored there. It is believed to have been saved, but furniture belonging to many wealthy persons who have left London was destroyed. i
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 5
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98“BLACK-OUT” FIRE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 5
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