Series of Fires

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 29, 1 June 1923, Page 5

Series of Fires

LONDON AND THE PROVINCES. NO LOSS OF LIFE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. (Argus). (Received 9.30 a.m.) London;, May 31. Thoro lias btnrn an unusual series of fires in London and the provinces. There were thrilling scenes at the Winton House School, Winchester. Ono hundred pupils who were entrapped escaped in.ther night attire. The- master bfeld a roll-call and discovered that four Were missing. Three; escaped by placing wet sponges in their mouths. The master donned a gas. mask and roseubd fthe. fourth, asleep ju a blazing raomi a( b*bttiw Five, million bonbon. .destroyed by: a blaze,' invplv'ii]g» : . i'qur buildings at: Shpreditclu .The brigade made a good •save.' • • • ■ The Burroughs Milling Company's workshops and factories, covering two acres, were almost destroyed, together with a quantity of motor bodies. Damage estimated at £IOO,OOO was caused by the destruction of three lace factories at Newmilne, near Glasgow, containing the largest looms in the world. Serious damage was done at Orwell Park, the beautiful "Suffolk seat of ! the Hon. E. G. Prettyman, M.P., containing a collection of old maslters, 'but'tlile latter were saved. (Receivted IL-lo a.m.) . 'London, May 31. The warehouses of Hirst, woollen manufacturers, -at Huddersfield, have been burned Wool, valufcd at £IOO,000 was destroyed. •