DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
ART TREASURES LORD BRASSEY AND THE SUNBEAM. (dy telegraph—press association—copyright.) .(Rec. August 3, 11.25 p.m.)" ' • London, August' 3.'[ 'A' firo, originating in'thokitchon en Sunday afternoon, destroyed the eastofti 'part of Normanhurst Courtj Lord Brasscy's Susses soat. Though many fino works of art and treasures colloctcd during the yacht. Sunbeam's voyages wero saved, many wero destroyed. After five hours' effort the fire was extinguished. Lord Brassey, whilo directing' thi" operations of the' firemen from a roof, had a harrow escape from being struck by falling debris. A large house party assisted in the rescue of the art treasures. The Sunbeam, the story of whose cruises has been read by thousands, has covered " 'over 300,000 knots in all parts of the wotfd., * LordBrassey, when Governor of Victoria, voyaged both out and Home in the Sunbeam.,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 7
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