BANDROOM FIRE
£BOO OF INSTRUMENTS DESTROYED [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, February 20. Fire gutted Derry’s Military Band room in Armagh street early this morning, destroying about eight bunded pounds’ worth of instruments and equipment. ‘ The band will lose heavily, as the insurance on the equipment was only £370. The total cost of the damage done by the fire will probably be over £2,000. The room was on the top floor of a store behind T. W. Barrow’s butchery shop. Many of the instruments were in cases, but are beyond repair, as the heat has buckled them and destroyed their temper. Music worth at least £I,OOO, although smoked, can still be read. “ Major Miller, of the Grenadier Guards Band, was positive that there was not a band south of the line with such a library.” said the conductor, Captain W. S. King. “It is a magnificent collection.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 14
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147BANDROOM FIRE Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 14
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