CABLES IN BRIEF
Boston Night Club Fire Following the disastrous fire at the Coconut Grove Night Club, a Federal grand jury indicted 10 persons, including the manager, police, fire and building officials, on charges of manslaughter. neglect of duty and violation of the building laws. The jury declared that it found among members of various official departments laxity, incompetence and failure to fulfil duties British Destroyer Lost
The Admiralty announces the loss of the destroyer Blean. which was built during the present war. She had four four-inch guns and a specu of 27 knots. Earthquake Damage
It is officially announced from Ankara that 493 people were killed. 767 injured, and 2000 homes destroyed in a recent earthquake in the Ergaa district.
Americans Murdered The Brazzaville • French Equatorial Africa) radio stated that two United States civil .servants, who intended to distribute tea and sugar to the Algerian population, have been murdered. Several residents implicated in blackmarketing have been murdered.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22471, 5 January 1943, Page 3
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158CABLES IN BRIEF Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22471, 5 January 1943, Page 3
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