Two men were killed and four injured by an explosion at the naval ordnance depot at Pillau, near Konigsbcrg. The men were loading high explosives for a coastal battery when Bre broke out and reached the explosives before it could be extinguished. One building of the depot was destroyed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19659, 17 June 1938, Page 13
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