Fairy Grotto Fire

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
1886
Super Issue No.
32/5
Date Released
18 Jan 1932
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
60 mile-an-hour gale turns huge store into blazing inferno. Assistants risked their lives to save many of the hundreds of monkeys, parrots, etc ... [Cameraman: Willis. Type: As Sound 5. Location: Blackpool. Marked: "Super 26.00 m" and "Gaz 20.00 m".] ... in Boston, under Arctic conditions, all available apparatus was mobilised to fight conflaguration that imperilled the city. [Source: P News 46. Location: USA. Marked: "Super 14.00 m".]
Keywords
Weather; Accidents and disasters; Animals
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'Fairy Grotto Fire', Pathe Gazette Issue No. 1886 Super Issue No. 32/5, 18 Jan 1932. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/89628 (Accessed 04 Nov 2025)