FIRE DISASTER
THREE BRIGADESMEN KILLED IN BRISBANE VALUABLE FOOD STOCKS DESTROYED. THEORY OF SABOTAGE. (By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright) BRISBANE, January 13. Three firemen lost their lives and vital food stocks valued at £Bo,ooo—- — as the greatest store of national emergency stocks in Queensland—were destroyed by a mysterious fire in an army warehouse in Brisbane. The police are investigating a theory of sabotage. Loud explosions are reported to have preceded the fire, which gutted the building. Three firemen were apparently overcome by smoke. Hampered by heavy steel doors, other firemen were unable to salvage a fleet of trucks and stacks of canned foodstuffs in delivery bays. The building was valued at £30,000.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1942, Page 3
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111FIRE DISASTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1942, Page 3
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