A PRACTICAL JOKE
HOUSE OF COMMONS FIRE
HOAX
(Received June 17, 1.20 p.m.)
LONDON, June 16.
Members of the House of Commons who were discussing the Factories Bill were startled by the sqund of fire bells. Two fire engines, a fire escape, and a water tower dashed into the palac* yard and found there was no fire. Someone, presumably a practical joker, had rung up the brigade and stated that the House of Commons was on fire.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1937, Page 10
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77A PRACTICAL JOKE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1937, Page 10
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