HISTORIC BUILDING DAMAGED
SAVE BY PARIS FIREMEN
LONDON, December 23. Almost the entire Paris Fire Brigade was called to subdue a fire in e historic Invalides building conthe tomb of the Emperor th eon - Five fire engines reached m® . j Ce . ne within three minutes, iaxi-driyers gave the alarm, but ozen pipes handicapped the fireaul mitial efforts. the facade was blackrnnf a . P° r tion of the gilded windows were destroyed, aJL*£ din Z was les s badly damaffH than was feared. The dam,ls mostly confined to the upper *er e S los?° arc^ves importance
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22594, 27 December 1938, Page 3
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