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FIRE IN DAIL BUILDING DINNER GUESTS ALARMED. LONDON, .August 3. (Received August 3, at 8 p.m.) Wliile the guests, including two women members of the Dail, were singing the Free State National Anthem, at Leinster House, Dublin, at a dinner given by the Finna Fail party to Mr de Valera, dense clouds of smoke rolled into the room from thfe basement. Scenes of excitement followed, and there was a rumour that an attempt had been made to set fire to the Dail building, but it was found later to be due to a cigarette igniting waste.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22023, 4 August 1933, Page 9
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