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Show ANCIENT CATHEDRAL DESTROYED BY FIRE Jill Rome, April 18, via Paris, 11:15 a. Illl "in. The ancient cathedral at Andrla, j near Bar!, "was destroyed by fire to- I! day. The fire hegan in the residence Ijll of the bishop, from which Monsignor II i Seidi was rescued with difficulty. Andria in the thirteenth century was the favorite residence of. Emperor Frederick 11, two of whose wives were burled in the cathedral. The section of the town near the cathedral was imperilled by the flames which were extinguished with the assistance as-sistance of soldiers sent from Bari. |