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Friday, 5 August 2016

Many casualties due to explosion on board of Greek torpedo boat according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 5 January 1922

An item dated Athens, Greece 5 January reported a heavy explosion on board of a torpedo boat lying at Piraeus, Greece causing the death of 10 people and wounding several more. The Bataviaasch nieuwsblad added that it was Greek torpedo boat, 14 death and 20 wounded. The Limburger koerier dated 6th reported that a torpedo was exploded, several houses in the surroundings destroyed and until 50 bodies found within the houses. De Surinamer dated 12th called the torpedo boat Leon.