FIREWORKS EXPLOSION.
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(Received March 4th, 8 p.m.) LONDON, March 3. At the Crayford inquest experts stated their opinion was that the girls were blinded, and lost their sense of direction. A verdiot was returned that the deaths were due to shock and burns, following an accidental explosion of Yerey lights.
[Fire broke out in a wooden shed at Gilbert's fireworks factory at Crayford, in which. 26 girls were employed dismantling Verey lights. Simultaneously, a terrific explosion occurred, killing 12 girls.]
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18014, 5 March 1924, Page 9
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