GREAT TOBACCO FIRE
BRIGADE ASPHYXIATED. CCSITBD PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COHMGH.) LONDON, 15th April. Six thousand tons of tobacco, which, based on the value of 2s 6d per pound^ is estimated to value £1,000,000, was' destroyed by a fire at Victoria Docks I warehouse. Firemen, with fire ' floats, fought for seven hours under a dense pall of fumes. Tha fumes asphyxiated the firemen, policemen, and bffli cials, who recovered under the applij cation of artificial respiration. The blaze endangered neighbouring dwellings. The Imperial Tobacco Company is the bigl gest loser..
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 90, 16 April 1923, Page 7
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87GREAT TOBACCO FIRE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 90, 16 April 1923, Page 7
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