AMERICAN NEWS
INSANE HOSPITAL BURNT. HUNDREDS OF INSANE ESCAPE. Australian Press Assn.— United Service , (Received this day at 9.30 a.m). NEW YORK, July 29. Eleven insane . criminals, including five murderers, were turned loose at mid-night when the Central State Hospital' for the Insane at Nashville was burned. Lightning struck the building and short-circuited the wiring; The fire raced through the huge buildings and attendants rushed through the corridors, loosening altogether 2-<l) lunatics. It is believed that not one life was lost, as the patients, some laughing, some screaming ran lortn. In %ite of the vigilance of the police hundreds escaped into The damage is one hundred thousand sterling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1928, Page 3
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