FIREMEN TOUCH RADIOACTIVE WATER AND ARE BURNED
Reed. 8 p.m. San Francisco. Feb. 25 i Ten firemen lighting a lire in the | Unlvesity of Washington’s Fisheries | Department, at Seattle, were affected ; hy atomic radiation when they carried water in barrels brought from the Bikini atom bomb tests. The barels had contained fish, shell- ’ fish shells taken from Bikini Lagoon to the university for study, and were ,: still radio active Some of the men’s' hands were affected, and others had gloves burned. I A doctor said the exposure was ' s ight and would soon wear off. I
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Wanganui Chronicle, 26 February 1947, Page 5
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