SOLDIERS FIGHT A FIRE
GUARDS TO THE RESCUE HISTORIC HOSPITAL BURNED By Telegraph—Press Assn-Copyright (Aust. and N.Z. Cable;. ( Tinted Service) (Received April 2d. 0.20- a.m.) London. April 24. All tln* available Lift* Guards and Foot Guards of the Windsor Garrison were mobilised when the King Edward Hospital, which King Edward opened in 1000, eaugiit. lire. The troops tackled the task splendidly, moving every patient with wonderful efficiency. The Life Guards plunged into the smoke and brought out in all 100 patients either in their arms or on stretchers. other troops stripped the wards of their beds and other important furniture, enabling every patient to he installed at the barracks. Two wings wort* gutted and tic* main building damaged.
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Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1888, 26 April 1928, Page 5
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