TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
NAPLES BARRACKS WRECKED. DYNAMITE WITH TIME FUSES. (Rec. 10.45 a.m.) LONDON - , Oct. 11. The biggest explosion since the Allied occupation of Naples occurred yesterday when two tons of dynamite with time fuses, laid by the Germans in a subterranean passage in an artillery barracks blew up. There was a terrific explosion, causing the whole of one side of the .three-storey building to crash, completely burying the occupants. Over 20 bodies have been recovered. The barracks were inspect- . ed for booby traps, but the explosive was so cunningly buried that it defied detection. —British Official Wireless. A Combined Press correspondent reports that 25 dead and 35 wounded have already been removed from the Naples barracks. The rescuers are still working. The explosion rocked the centre of the city and a great column of smoke and dust rose up. Dozens of men were trapped under the ruins.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 1, 12 October 1943, Page 3
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