COUNTRY HOUSE FIRES.
SECOND ENGLISH OUTBREAK.
SIXTH OULTON HALL VICTIM. | Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 7.5 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 17. The second fire at a country house within a few days occurred at Benacve Hall, Suffolk, the ancestral seat of Sir Thomas Gooch. The latter, his wife, son and daughters helped to remove paintiDgs and furniture from the burning house. The flames lit tip the countryside at midnight. The death-roll through the fire on Monday at Oulton Hall, the Cheshire residence of Sir Grey Egerton, is now six. The injured head gardener has died.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19255, 18 February 1926, Page 9
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95COUNTRY HOUSE FIRES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19255, 18 February 1926, Page 9
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