Fire at Portsmouth
NELSON RELICS BURNED.
THE DOCKYARD IN DANCER.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 10.5 a.m.) London, December 21.
A huge semaphore tower surrounding a block of stores at Portsmouth dockyard was burned. The lire damaged several hundred thousand pounds worth of oils and naval stores and destroyed large quantities.
The battleship Queen Mary was threatened and was towed to safety. The rigging house, sail loft and staff captain's offices were burned. A large force of naval men prevented 'u 1 spread of the fire to the oil tanks.
Many interesting documents of Nel son's time and beyond were dc*troy.?cl
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 22 December 1913, Page 5
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103Fire at Portsmouth Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 22 December 1913, Page 5
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