BLAZE ON NEW U.S. BATTLESHIP
Result Of Spark From Forge United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 20, 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 19. Fire broke out on board the United States battleship South Dakota, which is under construction at Camden New Jersey. The blaze was extinguished half an hour later. Eight men trapped 1/ the flames were rescued. Officials say that a spark from a riveter’s forge caused the fire, which did little damage. Seventeen other warships are under construction in the same yards. This is the second minor fire aboard a battleship, the first of which was never explained. A message from Montreal discloses that three men were killed in an explosion last night at the Canadian Government munitions plant in the town of Nobel, Ontario. Officials said that the cause of the explosion was unknown. They declined to divulje details of the damage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21817, 21 November 1940, Page 5
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