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Show HOMBERG CASTLE BURNED. BuHding Occupied by German Staff Destroyed by Airmen. Berne, Switzerland. French airmen air-men on Tuesday dropped (bombs on the famous Romberg castle in Alsace where a group of important German staff officers were residing. The founding was set on fire and burned to the ground. The fire spread to a num- ! her of farm ibuildings adjoining and ' soon nothing was left hut a smoking , heap of ruins. Homberg castle was the summer I residence of the French Countess , Maupeau, It contained some cele. orated ancient furniture. The damage is estimated at several million francs |