FIRE IN DOCKYARD
CRUISER SCORCHED
OUTBREAK IN SYDNEY
(Reed. Aug. 31, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 31. A fire which occurred’ at Garden Island naval dockyard to-day did minor damage to the large cruiser Australia, which was being reconditioned and (strengthened. The outbreak began when an oilfuel pipe toursit, andi set fire to a large quantity of pitch on the wharf. Flames and dense smoke shot up 50ft., scorched t)hc cruiser, and! destroyed a whaleboat aboard.
The fire was soon under control
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 4
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81FIRE IN DOCKYARD Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 4
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