Show EXPERTS FIND ROYAL HOME IS FIRETRAP Buckingham Palace Open To Gravest Risks From Flames HOLD NO INSURANCE Houses of Parliament and Other Historic Build Build- Buildings Buildings Buildings ings Guarded LONDON Oct 13 W P Buck Buck- Buckingham ingham palace homo of o King Icing George and Queen Mary Is a fire fire- firetrap firetrap fire trap subject to the tho gl avert avest fire risks according to re revelations in an official report of a Oy l commit commis commission sion slon appointed to Investigate fire In nd Engl The Urit-i Urit Ih Fh ti public Is alarmed at the possible possible ble blo danger to the royal family shile In residence In the tho palace for a 0 afire afire fire during one of the tho brilliant court nights when thousands of guests are at the palace could easi casi easily 13 ly Iy result In a holocaust G 7 G IN IS tt O 0 Though ro O allty itself may often be Insignificant ro rol roal residences rarely are and Buckingham pAlaces as far tar as outward appearances go gois Is no exception Each Illch lear ear thou thou- thousands thousands sands of ot tourists Raze gaze In hi wonder and a admiration on the Imposing stone facade of the palace one of the architectural sights of the Brit Brit- BritIsh Brit Brit- British British ish capital Few of ot them know knots knothe the the front Is a shell hiding an n older lir l building It Is like a becuti- becuti fully fully decorated theater tire lire curtain I which separates the tho people from Irom the stage settings of ot a royal ro al court Behind the noble palace front Is maze mazo of o ro al reception rooms banqueting hans halls and living quart quart- quarters quarters quarters ers for the royal family and Its retinue of ot retainers court officials and ants Ber These quarters quarter are arc separated by bg partitIOns and nd linked by a Jab labyrinth ot of draft drafty and a net wont work worle of sold old fashioned electric wiring and heat heat- heatIng heat Ins Ing Installations NO O INSURANCE INSUlt C Despite the fire tire risks no English government buildings ate alp even even In- In Insured in insured no matter what may moy be their value or that of ot their contents During the ear ear ended December 1920 the commission lon reports n 1 fires occurred In government build build- buildIngs buildings buildings ings eight of ot them being attributed to short circuits due to defects In old electrical Installations Buckingham palace I Is only ono one of London's historic buildings open to Hie tue e risks because of the nature of Its construction Somerset house deposItory of ot priceless documents Is another This building Is a source of great anxiety to the tho government according to the report of the com corn commission commission mission on fire tire prevention NIGhT PATROLS Many precautions are taken taen against fires In Buckingham Buchingham palace Somerset house houe the house of o par par- parliament par parliament and other government buildings There are aro continual pa- pa patrols parota pa rota of o night watchmen man many of whom horn are trained firemen Ser Ser- Ser Servants ants and officials ot of all classes receive In Instruction In the use of fire e ll e hers Government explain the lack of Insurance Insurance Insurance I ance by saying that In many mony cases such as the house of ot parliament It would bo be Impossible ible to estimate their value for tor insurance purposes es |