GREAT FIRE IN BELGIUM.
-piBKSE OIL STORE ABLAZE. Six Lives Lost. LONDON, August 27. A tremendous fire is raging at Botoken three miles south-west of Antwerp, lad is' likely to continue for days. A leakage from the Russian Petroleum (VjmpanT's tanks caused an explosion and s»t fire to 40,000 tuns of oil, including fkp American Standard Company's stock. Six workmen perished in the flames, •no , the damage so far is estimated at a quarter of a milion sterling.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 206, 29 August 1904, Page 5
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