A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
LORD BRASSEY’S seat CONSUMED. many treasures destroyed. United Tress Association. Copyright (Recoived August 3, 11.25 p ni.) LONDON, August 3. A fire originsting in lno kitchen on Sunday afternoon destroyed 'ho eastern part of Norman-livst Court, Lord Rraesey’s Sussex seat. Though many tine works of arr. end treasures collected on .Ho .Sunbeams voyages were saved, many were destroyed. After five h vurs the lire was extinguished. Lord Rrasscy, while directing the operations of the hvonien from the roof, had a narrow escape from ‘falling into the debris.
A large house party assisted to rescue the treasures.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2260, 4 August 1908, Page 3
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99A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2260, 4 August 1908, Page 3
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