NO SABOTAGE
IN NORMANDIE FIRE AMERICAN FIRE MARSHAL’S REPORT. BLAZE OF ACCIDENTAL ORIGIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 24. A New York message says that Chief Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy has issued a report on the loss of the Normandie stating that it has been definitely proved that no sabotage was involved. The blaze was caused accidently by sparks from an acetylene burner igniting bales of kapok lifepreservers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 February 1942, Page 3
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73NO SABOTAGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 February 1942, Page 3
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