RAGING FIRE
FOLLOWING TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
ON BROOKLYN WATERFRONT.
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST.
i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, August 18. A terrific explosion touched off a raging fire on the Brooklyn waterfront today, destroying a 1000-foot pier used by British ships to load supplies and the Italian ship Panuco, which the Mexican Government had seized. Four men are known to have been killed, and it is feared that many more lost their lives in the ship and under the pier. Fifty-five men were injured, seven critically. Fire-boats, police launches, and coastguard cutters rescued 28 survivors from the- water. Two longshoremen were drowned when they jumped from the Panuco, which was on fire from stem to stern, drifted down the bay, and eventually was beached. It is feared that there are many victims aboard the vessel. ‘ Fire-boats, 26 fire brigades, and 300, firemen fought the'fire, which destroyed much valuable property. Numerous explosions occurred while the fire raged. The authorities have begun a search for evidence of sabotage.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1941, Page 5
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