ORDNANCE DEPOT BLAZE
SEQUEL TO THREATS
PETROL TANKS BURST
(Independent Cable Service.)
(Received May 11, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, May 10,
•Following anonymous threats received at a nearby R.A.F. airport, a big blaze occurred at an Army ordnance depot near. Nottingham last night, when petrol tanks burst. One big shed was destroyed and a second saved.
The depot is one of the chief distributing centres of Army cars.
It is stated officially that no vehicles were damaged and that a large number of tyres were saved.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 13
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