What the records say
- When
- 1968
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 52.71° N, 2.80° W
- Description
- 1968 hospital fire in Shrewsbury, England
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Shelton Hospital fire
1968 hospital fire in Shrewsbury, England
The Shelton Hospital fire was a fatal blaze on 26 February 1968 at the Shelton Hospital, Shelton, Shrewsbury, that killed 21 female patients.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Shelton Hospital fire: a fire at Shelton Mental Hospital, Shrewsbury, kills 21 patients”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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