A fire destroys an outbuilding of the Château de Vierville

On the night of a Monday to a Tuesday, around four o'clock, a fire destroyed an outbuilding of the castle of Vierville-sur-Mer, owned by Jean Hausermann, a Parisian engineer. The building, uninhabited, measured twelve meters long by seven meters wide.

On his way to work, the baker Mr. Brard saw the flames and gave the alarm. The Trévières firefighters, commanded by Captain Havel, quickly intervened. The strong wind pushed the flames towards the roof of the neighboring castle and threw flames up to a large building bordering the national road 814.

Faced with the risk of spread, the rescuers asked for the help of their colleagues in Bayeux. They had controlled most of the fire shortly before five o'clock, but several additional hours were needed to extinguish it permanently.

The building, which included a floor and an attic, served as a barn and repair shop. It contained two barrels of cider, equipment and tools. Almost everything was destroyed. The damage was estimated at several tens of thousands of francs; the gendarmes of Trévières were investigating the origin of the disaster.

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