The Archive · 1940

Bavarian Steel Works Burned Down

London, Jan, 24.

According to a report from the German frontier quoted by the Paris radio, a huge fire has been raging for 36 hours in important German steel works in Bavaria, Rolling mills and furnaces are said to have been com= pletely destroyed. The damage far is slated to run into millions of marks. It is thought that the plants will be out of action two or three months, The Gestapo, it is added, has arrested a number of former trade union workers.

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