FINNISH TIMBER YARDS BURNED
SABOTAGE SUSPECTED f (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) HELSINKI. October 1. ? Firemcn have brought under con- a trol a fire which ravaged timber yards V at.Kemi._in north-west Finland, on v Friday night. Government arson experts are searching for signs of sabotage. t Komi was the centre of the recent wave of Communist-led strikes against the Social Democrats’ wage-pegging 1 policy. The fire damage is estimated at s £1,500.000. The firemen were hindered n by a gale which scattered burning o debris over a wide area, and started I secondary fires. One fire broke out in I a hospital, which had to be evacu- I ated. v
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25924, 3 October 1949, Page 7
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