THE GERMAN DISASTER.
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Australian and N.Z. Cable Association BERNE, April 16. A fire destroyed a Zeppelin factory lately transformed into a Gotha factory. The fire also destroyed Zeppelin sheds, stores, offices, two model Zeppelins, a number of giant aeroplanes, and great quantities of benzine and timber. The fire broke out on .Saturday,
and continued on Sunday. | Explosions sent up huge columns of flame, and also hurled debris over | Friederickshaven, destroying houses. ! The inhabitants were panic-strick- ! en, and many fled from _ the neign- | borhood of the towns. Nearly forty workshops were burnt, i There are 1-10 dead, and 200 were j injured. ■ *
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4846, 18 April 1918, Page 5
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