NAVY YARD ABLAZE
SERIOUS DAMAGE IN BOSTON CAUSE NOT DETERMINED. MANY WORKERS THROWN IDLE. ißy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright I BOSTON. March 19. The communication and power system of the Boston navy yard was damaged today by fire punctuated by a series of explosions, which blew out manhole covers in the conduit under the locomotive shop and threw sections of the plant into confusion. The cause of the blaze and the extent of the damage were not determined immediately, as navy intelligence officers maintained strict silence. Six thousand plant employees were forced to suspend operations when the blaze cut off power in the yard. Officials indicated that 4000 more might be sent home.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 March 1941, Page 7
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