GUNCOTTON EXPLOSION.
THREE MEN KILLED. LONDON. March 29. An explosives factory at Pitsea, 35 miles east of the city on the London-Tilbury and Sonth End Railway, was destroyed by the explosion of five tons of guncotton. The shock of the explosion was felt over a area 12 miles in radius. Three workmen were killed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 76, 31 March 1913, Page 5
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54GUNCOTTON EXPLOSION. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 76, 31 March 1913, Page 5
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