Big Fire In Covent Garden Put Out
LONDON. Dec. 22 (Recd. 11.10 pm). The big fire in the basement beneath Covent Garden Market was extinguished after 33 hours. In all, 850 firemen, drawn from every station in London, had worked on the blaze in groups of 60 at a time. One fireman was killed and 30 injured. including eight who are still in hospital.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 December 1949, Page 5
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