Fire On German Tanker
(Rec. 8 p.m.) HAMBURG, May 21. Fire swept the 669-ton German tanker Marianne today after an explosion which killed at least two men and injured eight Others. Police said several more of the crew were missing, believed killed. Five fire brigades and three fire floats fought the blaze. Some of the crew were thrown into the water by the explosion, and one man was blown on to th? quay. It was leafed that the missing men might have been trapped in their quarters, which were burning fiercely.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27665, 23 May 1955, Page 11
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