FIRES ON WARSHIPS
SUSPICION OF SABOTAGE LONDON, Jan. 18 The naval correspondent of the Daily Mail says sabotage is suspected in connection with the fire in a hangar on board the cruiser Birmingham at the Portsmouth dockyard on January 15, owing to the discovery of some oilsoaked cotton waste in the wing of a seaplane in the hangar. Fire broke out in the starboard hangar of the Birmingham on January 2, and shavings were found burning in the mine-sweeper Hebe on January 5.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22941, 20 January 1938, Page 11
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