THE ATLANTIQUE FIRE
CAUSED BY SEPARATISTS. MOTIVE PARTLY REVENGE. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 9. "The Weekly Dispatch" says that the fire on.the .French liner Atlantique was caused by Breton Separatists (a secret organisation) using timed fuses. The outrage was partly a revolutionary gesture but chiefly one of revenge because the hull was taken to Bordeaux for completion, although it was started at St. Nazaire.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 153, 10 April 1933, Page 5
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