WORKHOUSE FIRE

Grey River Argus, 24 June 1925, Page 5

WORKHOUSE FIRE

100 BEDRIDDEN PATIENTS SAVED. (Received June 23 at 7.40 p.m.)) LONDON, June 22. A fire at the West Ham Workhouse Infirmary at midnight imperilled one hundred aged, bedridden patients. While the infirmary’s volunteer bri gade were fighting the flames, the Master of the workhouse, attired in his pyjamas, directed the removal of the patients by the nurses who as calmly as if it were ordinary routine, removed all to safety. BIG LONDON FIRE. STARTS IN TIMBER YARD. LONDON, June 23. The biggest London fire since Madame Tussaud’s waxworks fire broke out early this morning in a timber yard surrounded by small shops and houses. The occupants of the houses were awakened, but had no time to dress, and they abandoned their homes carrying their children. Their Curni. turc was piled up in the streets.