Two men were killed and four injured by an explosion at the naval ordnance depot at Pillau, near Konigsberg. The men were. loading high explosives for a coastal battery when fire broke out and reached the explosives before it could be extinguished. One building of the depot' was destroyed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 171, 20 June 1938, Page 9
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