Buenos Aires, June 13.
One stevedore was killed and five sailors were wounded seriously when two time bombs exploded in the No, 3 hold of the 4,716-ton Royal Mail freighter, Gascony, yesterday. The bombs, one of which was incendiary, set oily bilge water afire and turned the hold into an inferno, Police and firemen managed to extinguish the first bomb, but, as soon as the blaze was put out, another bomb exploded in the same hold, indicating that a time device was used, Maritime police last night arrested at least 40 persons, including crew members, stevedores and bystanders, in the hope of finding some clue to the bombings. The Gascony was loading cured beef—United Press.
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