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L’ATLANTIQUE BURNED BY INCENDIARY. Petrol-soaked Carpets. SENSATIONAL FINDING OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. United Press Assn. —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February 9, llt3o am.) PARIS, February S. According to M. Bourayne, president of the Commission of Inquiry, the fire aboard the L’Atlantique was caused by someone soaking carpets in petrol in four cabins and then igniting them. Only one person was near the cabins when the fire started.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 683, 9 February 1933, Page 1
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