A FAMOUS PALACE
INVADED BY FUNGUS WOODWORK TURNED TO POWDER HISTORICAL VERSAILLES STRUCTURE IN JEOPARDY. Received December 29, 7.50 p.m. PARIS, Dec. 29. The whole Palace of Versailles is threatened with destruction through the ravages of a microscopic fungus, which is turning the whole woodwork into powdery dust. Twelve million francs have already been spent in renovating the roof of tho northern part of the Palace. The roof of the famous Hall of Mirrors, in which the, Treaty was signed in 1919, has also been treated, but much more must be spent to save the historical building.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19733, 30 December 1926, Page 7
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97A FAMOUS PALACE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19733, 30 December 1926, Page 7
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