FIRE AT DAMASCUS
; LARGE1' PART OP CITY DESTROYED • "Times" Cables. ■ (Received 23rd June, 2 p.m.) . . LONDON, 22nd June. Tho Damascus correspondent of "The Times" states that the best part of the city, including several hotels, as well 'as the AVakf's building with its Valuable museum, three huntlrd houses, and seventy shops have been destroyed by lire. The damage is estimated, at £500,----.000.. . , ,"..-. French soldiers aro being employed to dynamite existing buildings to arrest tho outbreak, and arc taking iiicasures against looting. , : . r .
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 9
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82FIRE AT DAMASCUS Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 9
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