BIG NEW YORK FIRE
A PIER DESTROYED
AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE
(Rec. 2.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18. A terrific explosion touched off a raging fire on the Brooklyn waterfront today, destroying a 1000-foot pier used by British ships to load supplies and the Italian ship Panuco, which the Mexican Government had seized. Four men are known to have been killed, and it is feared that many more lost their lives in the ship and under the pier. Fifty-five men were injured, seven critically. Fire-boats, police launches, and Coast Guard cutters rescued 28 survivors from the water. Two longshoremen were drowned when they jumped from the Panuco, which was on fire from stem to stern. The ship drifted down the bay and eventually beached. It is feared that many victims were aboard the vessel.
Fire-boats, 26 fire brigades, and 300 firemen fought the fire, which destroyed much valuable property. Numerous explosions occurred while the fire raged
The authorities have begun a search for evidence of sabotage.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 43, 19 August 1941, Page 8
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