FIRES AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS
CAUSE OF OUTBREAKS IN JAPAN
(Rec. 10 p.m.) TOKYO, July 29. A series of fires which destroyed documents and official records at the headquarters of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force last week are now believed to be the work of a “firebug.” Two fires which occurred at Etajima within a few days of each other were at first attributed to faulty wiring. Now it is almost definitely established that they were caused by a soldier or soldiers returning to Australia on the steamer Kanimbla on Thursday.
Guards have been reinforced throughout the Etajima area, and a special investigation is being made by the headquarters ‘of the force.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25249, 30 July 1947, Page 7
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