Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote When 'Fort Stikine' blew up in Bombay
This week marked the 61st anniversary of the 1944 dockyard blasts, which was
caused by a massive fire and explosion on board the British freighter Fort
Stikine. The vessel was moored at the Bombay docks, was carrying 1300 tonnes
Victor, A fascinating story... from a great story teller too! FN
Fred, there were actually two explosions that day. The fire started
when a crew member or dockworker carelessly tossed a cigarette away;
the Bombay Fire Brigade rushed an engine to the scene, and when the
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: [Goanet]When 'Fort Stikine' blew up in Bombay
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:53:42 +0530 (IST)
This week marked the 61st anniversary of the 1944 dockyard blasts, which
was caused by a massive fire and explosion on board the British freighter
Fort Stikine. The vessel was moored at the Bombay docks
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Subject: [Goanet]When 'Fort Stikine' blew up in Bombay
This week marked the 61st anniversary of the 1944 dockyard blasts,
which was caused by a massive fire and explosion on board the British
freighter Fort Stikine. The vessel was moored
This week marked the 61st anniversary of the 1944 dockyard blasts, which
was caused by a massive fire and explosion on board the British freighter
Fort Stikine. The vessel was moored at the Bombay docks, was carring 1300
tonnes of TNT at the time of the blast, and caused a destruction of a
