PORTUMNA FIRE.
CAUSED ACCIDENTALLY. (united press association—b? electric TELEGBAPH— COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, .October 24. . The fire at Portumna, in the Technical School, was due, it is believed, to the accidental overturning of an onstove. The fir© was confined to tne rear wing. . It is estimated that the uamage amounts to £IOOO. —Australian Press Association. [Just before Princess Mary and Lord LaScelles arrived in Ireland on a visi a fire at Portumna Castle, Lord kascelles 1 country Seat occurred. It as believed to be the work of incendiaries, as a protest against a visit by Royalty, and evidently it was at first thought that the. fire at the Technical Schoo was a recurrence of this hostility.]
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19451, 26 October 1928, Page 11
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114PORTUMNA FIRE. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19451, 26 October 1928, Page 11
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