Extensive Damage by Fires in America.
Australian find N Z Cable Assoc. Rec Jan 28, 8 4o a m New York, Jan 27 Seven army department warehouses and several municipal docks were destroyed, by a fire of mysterious origin at an Atlantic port, The storehouses were empty,, The ■"shipbuiling plant was saved. Reulcr's Telegrams. New York, Jan 27 German sympathisers have apparently launched a fire off-nsive. Extensive damage, aggregating a million sterling, has been dono in many cities. Two Baltimore plants working on munitions were burned. Six persons were killed and many injured by an explosion in torpedo works. Washington, Jan 27 Two steamers at Atlantic po:t3 are afire. The President recently received ananonynions warning of anation-wide plot to destroy docks ami war plants. Australian and N Z Cable Assoc. Rec Jan 28, 11 25 a m Washington, Jan 27 The explosion at the torpedo manufactory at Newport killed eight persons ani, injured seven.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6968, 28 January 1918, Page 3
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