TERRIFIC DAMAGE
DESTRUCTION AT NARVIK Damage totalling millions of dollars was wrought at Narvik, Norwegian Arctic iron ore port, says the Christian Science Monitor, by the struggle between Allied and German forces last spring, a correspondent of the newspaper Aftenposten reports. In the harbour masts and funnels are sticking up from the surface everywhere, demanding the greatest care when navigating, the correspondent said. “One hundred and fifty-one buildings valued at 2,000,000 dollars (£500.000) were destroyed in the central part of the city and 214 other structures were so damaged that they must be pulled down,” he said. “The Lofoten railway carrying iron ore from Sweden was damaged to the extent of 5,000,000 dollars" (£1,250,000). The correspondent said no figures were available for casualties among the 8000 inhabitants, few of whom were able to leave the city during the fighting.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 9
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139TERRIFIC DAMAGE Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 9
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