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FROM
CUBA
Two die in Cuba as fire destroys former
United Fruit club
HAVANA, Cuba, November 24 (www.cubanet.org)
- Two people were killed when fire destroyed
the former Club Casino de Banes, which had
belonged to the United Fruit Company and
hosted such people as Richard Nixon before
the revolution.
Upon being nationalized in 1959, the club
- also known in the old days as the American
Club - and surrounding land in Holguin province
were given to the Ministry of Education.
Lately the facilities had been operated
by the University of Banes.
The victims had entered the building to
retrieve some of their possessions.
Three fire engines from Banes were unable
to save the neoclassical structure. The
fire occurred November 17.
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