Roumanian Royal Residence
DESTROYED BY TIRE. United Pres* Association. —ftr Blectrie Telegraph.—C-opyright. BUCHAREST, April 17. King Carol's country residence, Foischor Castle, at Sinaia, wag destroyed by fire. None of the valuable contents was saved, Carol losing his nrivate paners and twenty works of art, including a Rembrandt which alone was worth £20,000. Carol was,- asleep in the palace at Bucharest when news that the castle was on fire w r a3 received. He hurriedly dressed and drove fifty miles to Sinaia at breakneck speed to sirncnntend the work of (he fire brigade, but the wooden palace, which was his birthplace, was gutted.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6837, 19 April 1932, Page 7
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