COLLEGE FIRE
Boarders Have Narrow
Escapes
United press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright
(Received January 15, 6.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE. January 15
Fifty boys in residence at the Lohgerenonv Agricultural College escaped when Are destroyed the college buildings early yesterday morning. The Are swept with startling rapidity through wooden buildings that were erected 50 years ago. Some of the boys had narrow escapes. They lost all their clothes and personal belongings. The college was conducted by the State Council of Agricultural Education. The damage is estimated at £20.000. For some time the Government k been contemplating rebuilding.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 5
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