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39th year  -  N° 107                 Tuesday, 16 April 2024         Antwerpen		
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Wednesday 5th of July 1972

52 Years Ago They Took an Extended Break



31 mental patiens Die in hospital fire in Coldharbour Hospital, Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom.

Eventually the inquiry found the fire had been caused by one of the patients lighting a flame. But the fact that the ward's night nurse and the charge nursed had taken an extended break had allowed the blaze to spread.