EXPLOSION DISASTER.
THREE HUNDRED INJURED. MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE. (United Press Association.-—Copyright.) (BeeoiA'cd This Day, 9.5 a.m.) MONTREAL, September 13. Three hundred are known to ha\ r e been injured, Avhile many are missing, as the result of the explosion at the Hercules poAvdor works at- Kenvil (NeAV Jersey) The damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. Presidpn/fc Roose/velt' has requested the Red Cross to assist in relief work. The injured include children at a school a mile distant. Aeroplanes Ucav to and fro, dropping fire-fighting chemicals. Rescuers dashed in and out of the flames doing their best to carry out those Avho> could be saA r od, and leaA r ing the obviously dead.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 290, 14 September 1940, Page 5
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