FIRE IN PEKIN.
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FORBIDDEN CITY SWEPT.
ANCIENT RECORDS DESTROYED. DOZENS OF BUILDINGS RAZED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assp. (Received June 28, 10.30 a.m.) PEKIN, June 27. A fire which ,1s believed to be the work of an incendiary swept the Forbidden Gity, destroying the ancient Imperial • Historical Hail, containing ancestral relics of all the Emperors. Dozens of the surrounding buildings were razed.
The records of the oldest dynasties have been destroyed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15276, 28 June 1923, Page 5
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73FIRE IN PEKIN. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15276, 28 June 1923, Page 5
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