A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
Explosion of Mine Surmised : (Press Association:) WELLINGTON, This Day. For some days speculation has been rife as to the i^use of an-,eot< . plosion, heard in the vicinity of Wellington. More . than one explosion i» said to have occurred, ; 6ut V n<* thing definite i» known, and no trace can be found. /■■ • / ; ' The most precise account is given by a telegraph linesman, who was near Terawluti, and from his description it is gurmiaed that a mine ' exploded an the coast oomewnerre near Tongue Point. It was believed that it might have been a submarine upheanral, but no dead fwh. were found, which always accompany such disturbance*.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13952, 4 August 1919, Page 2
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108A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13952, 4 August 1919, Page 2
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