DISASTROUS FIRE AT FEZ
GERMAN INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED CENTRE OF CITY GUTTED. ENORMOUS STOCKS DESTROYED. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received July 19, 2.20 p.m. LONDON, July 18. Rcuter reports a disastrous tire at Fez, Morocco, which destroyed 9000 square yards in the centre of the commercial quarter, gutting 1000 shops. It is significant that the lire started during the feast of Ramadan, when everybody takes a deep sleep. The fire was only stopped by dynamiting the surrounding buildings. Enormous stocks of silks, cotton and other goods were destroyed. German incendiarism is suspected.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13814, 19 July 1918, Page 5
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