FIREIN HOME
30 Moved Out Thirty elderly people were moved out of the Wesley Lodge Eventide Home yesterday when fire broke out ir the staff quarters on the see ond floor. The fire, which caused minor damage to a room, be gan in a bag containing rub bish and burned up part oi one wait The heat set off : water sprinkler in the cellinj and alarms sounded in the home and at the Central Firs Station. Two machines were sent a' 4.17 pun. and firemen usee an internal hose to extinguish the fire. , When the alarm sounded residents of Wesley Lodge were taken to a lawn but nei ther the adjacent hospital noi Fleming Home was cleared.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32054, 31 July 1969, Page 1
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