Two men wore killed and four injured by an explosion at the naval ordnance depot at Pillau, near KonigsLorg. The men were loading high explosives for a coastal battery when fire broke out and reached the explosives before it could he extinguished. One building of the depot- was destroyed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 218, 27 June 1938, Page 6
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