PRINCE SAVES FAMILY
ALARM IN CASTLE FIRE COPENHAGEN. .Tune IP: The ensile belonging to Prince Axel pT Denmark, at Rornstorffshoej. just out 1 side Copenhagen, was badly damaged by •lire iu the early hours of this morning'. Princess Margatetlia. Prince A.xel-s wiie, and her two sons. Prince George' and Prince Fleming, ha-1 a narrow escape from being cut o(L The fire started in a servant’s room, where an electric iron was left-with the current switched on. Prince George, who is 16. was awakened by the smell of smoke and called his younger brother.
They ran to their mother's bedroom and awakened her. Ail three tan flown tho stair ease in their night clothes just before it began to blaze. The five Ser-
vants also reached safety with little tirn to spare.
Princess Margaret.ha personally conducted tile fire brigade’s attempts to save the valuables from the ensile. More titan 200 soldiers of the Royal Guard assisted' in bringing furniture and art treasures into the garden. The. uniforms and orders belonging to ■Prince Axel, Who is in England, were saved at, the last, minute. The castle is very old arid the flames spread rapidly through the woodwork. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19099, 21 August 1936, Page 3
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