Realty in Danger.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 173, 27 June 1883, Page 3

Realty in Danger.

NARKU W JiSCAPE.

the jlife of the Princess Louise j was imperilled bj fire on the night of .May, 26. The local Bermuda papeis a request, not. to publish . any thing j regar^ing^he circumstancesy as it | *as not known to what extent -thepiQueenhad been.ibiuredj and it. i was i deemed pr^entto preTent.i^the news- • of ; the narrow escape of the .ihriucegg ! from reaching Her^ W,ajesty. The Princess was the guest,, pt tMr /JUrimmingham, Owner of loglewood. She was. awakened about midnight by the presence of suffocating, Seeing f thab ' the apartments were on fire'ehe; aroused the household, and for a time intense ! excitenpent pre yaited>>the..Bervants hurrying to and irp with water to check | the, fire, and; the ladies m waiting, fearing that <the Princess had received s'ome injury, la'ddin^ J to'tHe "confusion by hysterical screams. When once the fire was out and all were satisfied that! her Royal Highness had not sustained; the Big htest injury save the severe shock occasioned by the discovery, the house resumed its usual quiet. It 'is jnot known how the fire brgina ted, but! as the day had; been damp laid, chilly! a fire bad been lighted m the grate! oi $he , Princes^ bedroom^ and }<it r /ib T |believed that the. fireplace was not Bccnre, and that the flames ; caught the joists supporting the floor. ;i Invitations' for a^ large dinner-party at Inglewood on; the following day were canceiM. ! : IK ■ !