The Archive · 1939

Japanese Munitions

Burn Tokyo, Mar. 9.

Fire of undisclosed origin destroyed five wooden naval warehouses Yokosuka on Monday night, Japanese aval authorities disclosed today.

The fire resulted in the second serious loss of Japanese munitions ina week. The. first incident occurred on March 1 when an Army. Sump exploded at Hirakata,—killing ind wounding hundreds of residents ind practically wiping out the entire village, Buildings adjacent to the naval warehouses which burned on Monday night" were not damaged, the announcement released today said. No casualties were The an-houncement omitted mention of the amount of the damage:

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