OCEAN EXPLOSION
FIFTEEN KILLED IN GERMAN LINER. EIGHTEEN BADLY INJURED. BERLIN, July 18. Fifteen are dead and 18 injured as a result of a boiler explosion in the Nord Deutscher Lloyd steamer Berlin, 15 miles from Swinemunde. There were no passengers on board. The explosion is believed to have been caused by oil leaking into the steam container in the boiler room. Six of those injured were taken to hospital and their condition is regarded as dangerous.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 7
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77OCEAN EXPLOSION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 7
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