FIRE IN DOVER DOCK
FOUR MINESWEEPERS ABLAZE LONDON, February 11. Four large minesweepers caught fire at the dock in Dover Harbour yesterday, and within a few minutes flames and smoke from the burning oil rose hundreds of feet. The roads near the harbour were closed, because there was a danger of the arms magazines exploding, and people in nearby houses and shops were warned to take coveV, and went into cellars used as war-time raid shelters. Military and civilian police shepherded hundreds of sightseers away from the danger area, and diverted the traffic. The fires on three of the vessels soon subsided, but firemen, supplemented by sailors from other minesweepers, and soldiers, fought the blaze on the fourth for more than an hour. At one time 60 hoses were pouring water into the ship, flooding its magazine. Several members of the crew jumped overboard and swam to the dockside.
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Evening Star, Issue 25715, 12 February 1946, Page 6
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149FIRE IN DOVER DOCK Evening Star, Issue 25715, 12 February 1946, Page 6
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