[Goanet]When 'Fort Stikine' blew up in Bombay

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

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 
total of 27 ships and killed an estimated one thousand people, according 
to the Indian Express!

        This was during World War II.
Was wondering if any Goans in Mumbai of that time recall the incident, or 
their parents talking about it... It must have been quite a tragedy; 
Naresh Fernandes and Jerry Pinto's co-edited book on Mumbai/Bombay have an 
essay on this theme. FN

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