OIL EXPLOSION IN ARGENTINA
FLAMES BLOWN NISAR TANKS HFAVY I'ROI'CRTY DAMAI.K ( Uvceix ed August 30. p.m.) CAM PAN A (Argentina). Aug. Zi). Throe hundred weary, smnkc !>!...nencd firemen fuugi't t>> s:tv this town of 111.000 mhabitanls. frosv destruction to-night as chttnguu winds swept the flames ft'oln tin: burning oil perilously clu.se to 11 ■<■ .storage tanks which are still stand-
Tli.j death roll from the series uf earth-shaking explosions yesterday and last night remained at live. The injured numbered hundred.?, and the damage is estimated at 5,000,000 dollars. Residents who 'led in terror crept back home to find hardly one house undamaged.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21257, 31 August 1934, Page 11
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