PAVILION DESTROYED.
SUFFRAGETTES AGAIN. . By .^.Cable. — Press. Association. — Covt/rioht. (Received April 18, 9.5 a.m.) ~, * ■■■ LONDON, April 17. A-fire, due to- a suffragette bomb, destroyed the pavilion on the Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth. The damage amounted t0.£i5,000. AN UNEXPLAINED SEBIES. OUTRAGES AND (Received April 18, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 17... After an unexplained series of fires, the bomb outrage occurred at Yarmouth. The explosion was heard;a mile from the pier' ant], the fire'"brigade was Tenable• to extinguish the bui-ning timber. After an holtr and a-haii only the iron-framework-6f the pavilion i*emaincll. , .. v " '."' '.
A quantity iof; suffragist, literature was found on the pier. -; v The Empire Music-hall:, at, Kingston-on-the-Thames ha.s been burned ,and damage done to the extent of £3OOO. The "grandstand at Kempton Park was found to be on fire, and narrowly escaped, destruction. The Penzance picture palace and skating-rink have been, burned down, and several thousand pounds worth of damage? done. Mrs Pankhurst threatens a suffragist procession to Buckingham Palace on May "SI-; aided by Miss Sylvia Panklrurst/s .East End brigade.
threaten to spoil the London season by annoying the best known hostessed.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 9
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