ARTIST’S HOME AFIRE
VALUABLE PAINTINGS LOST Received April 30, 7.10 p.m. LONDON, April 30. Returning home at 11.20 p.m. after visiting friends. Mrs John, wife of the artist Augustus John, found their home at Fryerncourt, Hampshire, on fire. Her husband, son and a maid were asleep in rooms above, but she aroused them, and all fought the flames until the arrival of the fire brigade. | The dining room, with antique furniture and paintings, some by Augustus John, were burned. _____
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 100, 1 May 1935, Page 7
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79ARTIST’S HOME AFIRE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 100, 1 May 1935, Page 7
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