PORT TIPTON EXPLOSION.
CHARGES OP MANSLAUGHTER. GBj C#bl#-r-Pre»s Association— Copyright.) (Au»trnlian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received March 18th. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON', March 17. A sensational development in regard, to the Port Tipton explosion is reported. Knowles, husband of the owner of the factory, and Chadwick, the man tiger. have been arrested and charged with mansluaghter. The deaths total eighteen. [An earlier message said that an explosion at Port Tipton (Staffordshire) killed ten and injured thirty girls who were removing the contents of 160 tons of cartridges. The explosion occurred wbilo the contents were being put into a seDarate receptacle and blew off the roof." The fifty girls in the room were blackened beyond recognition.!
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17408, 20 March 1922, Page 7
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