IRISH CASTLE BURNED.
ESCAPE OF HOUSE PARTY.
PRICELESS TREASURES LOST.
DEATH OP MAIDSERVANT.
?3y Teleeranh—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A., and N.Z. LONDON, Oct. 29. Fire completely destroyed Antrim Castle, the home of Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, including its famous collection of treasures. The Speaker's chair, used in tho pre-TJnion Irish House of Commons, and priceless historic documents perished. Tho Viscount and his family and members of a house party escaped scantily clothed. The servants were rescued with great difficulty by ladders. A maid named Gilligan was scorched, and died after removal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18235, 31 October 1922, Page 7
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