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Parre 2 iwitw-indCT a«iDemocrat, Molietlj, Mm,Pearl HarborDock SweptBy Flash Fire25 Fire-Fighters Sent To Hospital; Warehouse Area Is SavedPEARL HARBOR, Feb, 28 (JP) —The Navy sought to find the cause today of a flash fire which swept a huge Pearl Harbor dock, sent 25 fire-fighters to the hospital and laid a smoke oall over the giant base,. Damage was expected to run 2nto hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it might have mounted far higher but for 500 Navy and Marine fire-fighters who confined yesterday’s blaze to a quarter-mile-long wooden dock-_ At the height of the roaring fixe, civilian workers moved more than 5.D00 tons of supplies to a. place of safety when the flames licked close to the- adjacent warehouse area-Fire broke out without warning in the oil-slick waters between the dock and the supply ship'Oberon. at 10:45 a. m. and within a few minutes had raced the length, of the dock on thesubmarine side of the yard. Ships Moved Crews of the Oberon and the nearby _ Destroyer Tender Sierra got their ships under way quickly and out into the safe channel as the flames spread along thenitv water's Marlr ci~inVoFriday, Fs 28, 1947 J JJT. W. Chittenden Critically Injured Near KeytesvilleThomas W. Chittenden, 418 Franklin avenue, is reported to be in a critical condition at the Woodland hospital following an automobile accident near K.ey-tesville at 11:45 o’clock thisDelays AOn AtomSoviet Deleg More Time— ly Awaiting Nmorning.Chittenden was rushed to Mo-berly by ambulance , following the accident and has since been unconscious.Attaches at the hospital say he suffered head, ehes and possible internal injuries and a broken neck.Hoover UrgesRel ief AbroadOn Loan Basis(Continued from Page 1) account of hungry Europe’s plight to Capitol Hill in an atmosphere made triply tense by the domestic economy drive, diplomatic difficulties abroad, and a top secret White House huddle. 'Washington worried and wondered whether a conference yesterday between President Truman. his diplomatic advisers and i key congressional leaders may; preface a diplomatic decision of world import.Within the bounds of ac-LAKB SUCCES 28 (/P)—A deelaral A. Gromyko on £ position on the atomic energy co was postponed toe United Nations Se cancelled its mee1 p. in. EST (2'p, m The Soviet dele terday he expecte “few remarks” tods ed States plan to r mic question to tl tions atomic enei-g However, an iiij indicated- this more ing today was call request of Groray] said to have advi Fernand van L; ■Belgium, he woul time.United Natic pointed out that Gr entlv had. not obta structions from MoJohn B. Powi Jap Prisoner Dies Sudden
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Moberly Monitor Index
Moberly, Missouri, US
Fri, Feb 28, 1947
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