Paris, Dec. 26.
Fire last night destroyed the tunate asylum at Montredon, near Lo Puy housing 135 inmates.
The bodies of seven of the residents of the asylum were recovered, but it tg feared that another is still under the debris.
Twelve dangerous lunatics escaped during the blaze—Reuter. mass flight' might involve eighteen. planes.
'OMcials stressed the fact that no official date had yet been set for the fight and refused to discuss whether the advanced date was a result of the! crisis in the Far East. They indicated they possibly would send an. additional six bombers because of their desire to equip the Hawaiian The Navy to-day was rushing plans squadrons of "fying fortresses" with spare planes as rapidly as they can constructed, The Might of eighteen giant bomb: ers to Hawaii would be the largest departure date of twelve new plant mass Might in American naval history patrol bombers for Hawaii to "about and would include a personnel of at
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