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- Fire damage at Seacliff Hospital 1942
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On 8 December 1942 a fire broke out in Seacliff Mental Hospital killing 37 patients. Seacliff Mental Hospital was a psychiatric hospital near Dunedin, which was built in the late 19th century by notable New Zealand architect Robert Lawson. At the time of its completion in 1884, it was New Zealand's largest building and was to house 500 patients...
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- Archives New Zealand / Archives NZ / Archives / Dunedin / Seacliff / Seacliff Lunatic Asylum / Fire / Mental / Health
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