FIRE IN COUNTRY MANSION
♦»_. —- PRINCESS MARY'S ESCAPE. HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED. (by cable—press association—copyright.) (austbaltah and n.z. cable association.; LONDON, November 9. Princess Mary and Lord .Lascelles wore among dozens of guests at a Yorkshire house party who escaped in their night attire when an alarm of fire was given at 5 o'clock in the morning. The scene of the outbreak was Bretton Park, a timbered old-world mansion standing in an estate of 1000 acres near Wakefield. It is the property of Lord Allendale.
One of the guests in a room adjoining the nursery wing, where the fire originated, heard the flames, and roused Lord and Lady Allendale and Lord Lascelles.
Lady Allendale ran to the smokefilled nursery and assisted the escape of three a 1""-;- 1 ---" .--hildren. The Princess also as,i'M.-i
Lord Las'.'oiU's saved some of the art treasures.
Guests in various stages of attire left the house. Later on the local brigade saved the mansion from destruction. The floor of the nursery fell through into the library. The damage is estimated at several thousands of pounds. Telegrams were immediately dispatched to their Majesties, informing them of the Princess's safety.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19155, 11 November 1927, Page 9
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