Fire last week destroyed the famed little Grenfell Hospital at Battle Harbor, village of 80 families at Labrador's southern tip. The Battle Harbor Hospital was the first which Famed Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell built when he started his medical missionary work in Labrador 38 years ago. It contained 30 beds, none occupied last week. The patients had been moved inland for the winter.* Dr. Grenfell was in England at the time, lecturing. He expects to remain there until next March.
The hospital burning was the second...
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