FIRE IN ASYLUM
THOUSAND PATIENTS IN DANGER. Cnlted Press Association—By Electric Tel egraph—Copyright (Received December 14, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 14. One thousand patients of Glamorgan mental hospital at Bridgend, were endangered in a fire at midnight, which destroyed the administrative block, including all the records. The clock tower collapsed, and several firemen were injured. The water froze leaving the hoses, and the ground became a sheet of ice. The staff marshalled the patients in the farthest block.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19673, 15 December 1933, Page 9
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78FIRE IN ASYLUM Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19673, 15 December 1933, Page 9
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